Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Ondřej Vetchý
as František Sláma
Kryštof Hádek
as Karel Vojtíšek
Tara Fitzgerald
as Susan Whitmore
Oldřich Kaiser
as Jan Machatý
Linda Rybová
as Hanička Pecharová
David Novotný
as Bedřich Mrtvý
Charles Dance
as Wing Commander Bentley
Jaromír Dulava
as Railwayman Kaňka
Lukáš Kantor
as Tamtam
Juraj Bernáth
as Jan Gregora
Miroslav Táborský
as Vilda Houf
Hans-Jörg Assmann
as Doctor Blaschke
