Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have known the man he feels so much indebted to...
Varsovia, septiembre de 1939. 350.000 judíos son confinados por los nazis en el gueto de Varsovia, una pequeña área, donde están condenados a enfermar y a morir de hambre. Al ver cómo la mayoría de sus amigos y familiares mueren a manos de los soldados alemanes, algunos judíos crean un grupo de resistencia: la Organización de Lucha Judía (OLJ), fundada por los profesores Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria), Yitzhak Zuckerman (David Schimmer) y la joven Tosia Altman (Leelee Sobieski).
Blasius is plagued by the memory of a car accident. He in turn plagues his aunt, until she finally tramples on his favourite toy car. Their tiny Viennese residence becomes jsut too small.
A man sentenced to death escapes from a military prison and finds shelter with a resistance group that is set to liberate the country. The repressive enemy never sleeps. The escaping condemned man is also no longer the old warrior he once was: he is broken - wonders whether the resistance can put him back together.