During World War II, seven prisoners break out from a high security prison and take refuge in a god-forsaken village. With no time to catch their breath, the escapees are faced with a new trial, as a German subversion group appears in the neighbourhood. Overnight the recent enemies of the state turn into its ardent defenders. War ruins the fates of millions of people, but sometimes war is what it takes to make the complete rogues recollect what it means to be human.