Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers are ordered to be kind to the populace, since the West German High Command wishes the French to forget the atrocities that were committed during the Second World War. Klaus falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of the local mayor. He discovers that his commanders intend to demolish the ruins of a local church, in which civilians were murdered by the German occupation forces at 1944. A local journalist who researches the event discovers that West German General Rucker ordered the massacre, but he is mysteriously murdered. Klaus defies his commanding officer Siebert, who instructs him to steal the documents indicting Rucker, and hands the evidence over to Jeanne.
Angelica Domröse
as Jeanne
Arno Wyzniewski
as Klaus Wetzlaff
Hannjo Hasse
as Major Siebert
Harry Hindemith
as Bourguignon
Günther Simon
as General Rucker
Evelyn Cron
as Georgette
Marianne Wünscher
as Mariette
Gerry Wolff
as Gerard
Gerd Biewer
as Moulinier
Horst Jonischkan
as Müller
Jörg Kaehler
as Gaston
Willi Neuenhahn
as Heinemann
