这是一部真实的电影,真实展现了日军偷袭珍珠港的历史。美军插手太平洋战场,日军最高将领山本五十六(山村聪 Sô Yamamura 饰)认为美军实力强大,应速战速战,不宜和美国人打长久战。于是,由他一手策划的偷袭珍珠港行动正式启动了。
虽然美军从此前截获的日军密电中得知了日军可能进行突袭的消息,但多数人都对此不屑一顾,密电的内容也没进行上报。即使在突袭当天美军一个士兵发现了雷达上不寻常的飞机群,美军将领仍然认为那是自己的飞机在执行巡逻任务。最终使得日军偷袭行动一举成功,美军损失惨重。山本五十六也成了美国人最大的眼中钉。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds.
But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them?
Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made.
The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.