During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive hunger and cold.

Zdzisław Mrożewski
General Arthur Gordon

Karel Höger

Bohumil Šmída
General Tim Attwood

Norbert Christian
General Jean-Paul Grémillom

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
General von Hoppe
Wanda Spinka
Dutch Barmaid

Józef Kostecki
Dr. Lorenz

Radovan Lukavský

Fred Düren
Sergeant Vannier
Egidio Bonanno
Italian Partisan
Petr Čech

Vera Čukić
Italian Girl

Eduard Dubský

Jürgen Frohriep
German Sailor

Jiří Holý