O rei Frederico II (também conhecido como "Frederico o Grande") da Prússia está envolvido em uma grande batalha contra o exército austríaco em Kunersdorf, e as coisas não estão indo bem. Os austríacos estão infligindo grandes baixas, e seu exército está começando a desmoronar. A derrota parece inevitável quando uma combinação de eventos lhe dá esperança de que ele possa puxar a vitória dos maxilares da derrota depois de tudo
The year is 1760: it is the time of the Seven Years' War and the advancing Russian army has taken captive 100 underage Prussian cadets. The kids are mishandled by the raping and pillaging Russians, but with the help of a Rittmeister now in the service of the Tsar, they succeed in getting away. They hole up in a deserted fort and eventually sally forward to take back their military academy from the bloodthirsty, pillaging Cossacks.
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
