8 year-old Patrick is left far too much on his own, due to the fact that his parents both work. The parents make it clear that they love their son, but only when they are hurrying out of the house, or have a guilty conscience. Patrick's need for tenderness is only fulfilled in his imagination.
Germany during the Cold War, a boy has fled Czechoslovakia. Star reporter Walter Roland investigates the background. In the process, he uncovers a plot: Western and Eastern agents are on the hunt for the Warsaw Pact's deployment plans against NATO, which a Czech officer has taken out of the country.
En 1940, cuando los alemanes han ocupado prácticamente todo el continente europeo, Inglaterra resiste. Hitler prepara la invasión de las islas, pero para realizarla, necesita conseguir la superioridad aérea. La RAF y la Luftwaffe se enfrentan así en una cruenta batalla de cuyo resultado depende el destino de Gran Bretaña.