二战结束前，美国德州的赫里福战俘营关押了一批意大利战俘。那里阴森可怖，充满饥饿、暴力和仇恨，环境恶劣。囚犯们想尽办法逃跑，却都无功而返。集体暴乱却又惨遭集中营守军血腥镇压。
鲁基是唯一逃出集中营的战俘，但正当他与女友忘情缠绵时又被捕入狱。当他回到集中营却发现已易主敌方。电话线被切断，没有交通工具，深陷德州荒凉沙漠的集中营守军与囚犯只有依靠意志挣扎求生，而濒临死亡的人们，所作所为又是那么让人触目惊心！

Before the Liberation, during the years of the exiled Bulgarian revolutionaries in Romania, the Major and the Prime Minister once shared the same ideals, the same home, and even the same woman. Today, the Major orchestrates a conspiracy to overthrow the government led by his former friend, the Prime Minister. The head of state must be assassinated, and the Prince – dethroned. The woman is part of the plot, but she will try to prevent the fratricide.