A man reevaluates his life. Étienne, a married writer, gives a lift to a young hitchhiker called Rudy who is mixed up with a gang of thugs. Étienne takes a liking to Rudy and brings him home, where a strong homoerotic attraction soon develops between them. Étienne also tries to extricate Rudy from his dangerous life in the streets, and seems ready to go to any lengths to achieve this goal..

二战后，一个特殊的群体，在德国纳粹旗帜下作战的数万俄国人，这些人大多是乌克兰人和哥萨克人，苏联官方把他们称为“弗拉索夫伪军”，但他们自认为是为了反抗斯大林暴政，复兴民族大业，而穿上了德军制服。其中一部分向盟军缴械，但根据苏联和盟国的协定，他们被移交给苏联，大部分作为叛徒处决。一部分人在哥萨克将军Smyslowosky的率领下，逃往中立国，再转移去美洲。
这部影片讲述的就是这个特殊人群，在特殊年代的经历。