曾經(jīng)，史蒂芬（文·科斯特納 Kevin Costner 飾）亦是懷揣著保家衛(wèi)的熱血理想?yún)④?上了戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，然而知道真正的身處炮火之中時(shí)，史芬才發(fā)現(xiàn)，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)無論對(duì)于己方還敵人，都是一場(chǎng)無人道的酷刑。蒂夫幸運(yùn)的成為戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上的幸存者返回了家鄉(xiāng)，沒到這里一切早已是人非，史蒂芬定依靠自己的雙，重建家園。史芬有兩個(gè)孩子，孩子們眼中，浴火而重生的父親然就是英雄的典，可是史蒂芬卻向孩子們揭開戰(zhàn)的殘酷本質(zhì)。兩孩子在一顆大樹建造了一間樹屋為秘密基地，沒到這間樹屋卻成了另一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的火索?
1941. October. There are thousands of German troops advancing on Kalinin (now Tver), to open a direct route to Moscow. There are only two thousand people defending the city. No tanks. No artillery. Their only hope to hold o the enemy – is the fth Infantry Division, that is about to go through the Kalinin station. But there are spies out there doing every- thing to prevent this from happening. Major Pavel Tokarev, Head of the Kalinin garrison, is struggling to maintain order in the city. And he himself falls under suspicion of being involved in spy activity.
