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Hungary, end of World War II. Five Hungarian soldiers desert their troop which has been directed to Germany. They are escaping with the help of a stamp and unfilled travelling warrants, trying to survive until the war ends. On their way through a village they are forced to arrest other deserters. Five men keeping together, five fates in the army. Cövek, the idol of women, competes in drinking to be able to get hold of a new stamp. He is killed by a straying bullet. Menyus, the oldest among them, accidentally meets up with his father, who is faithful to the Germans. The teen-ager Csaba falls in love with a girl who is carried away by the Russians. Menyus interferes, but is shot dead. Anti loves a married woman, tries to get to her, then turns back and dies having stepped on a land-mine. Only Sili and Csaba survive the war. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)