影片改编自小说家Owen Sheers的成名作,虚构了1944年诺曼底登陆失败后德军侵入了英格兰作为背景。一位威尔士小村庄的妇女们发现,她们的男人全在一夜之间神秘消失,这时一只德军小分队来到村子里,目的是寻找埋藏在这片土地下的中世纪宝藏。In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear and their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah Lewis and the German Commander Albrecht befriend to each other along the year.