这部历史剧以1945年春季二战尾声为背景，聚焦十岁少年南宁。其父远征战场，少年竭尽所能助母养家：猎捕海豹、暗夜捕鱼、躬耕田间。然而期盼已久的和平降临后，却催生全新冲突，南宁必须在废墟之上探寻属于自己的人生航向。

In the first century of the third millennium, a galactic civil war is raging between governments, industrial giants and space pirates. Run for your lives! The Big Mess features space captain Douglas, the pirate couple sterr, a space admiral and countless other characters trying to eke out a living in the cosmos. But whenever they get anywhere , they find they've been beaten to it by monopolist enterprises.
In Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet, Willi endeavours to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power. But it's wrong side that he takes in this civil war.

In the first century of the third millennium, a galactic civil war is raging between governments, industrial giants and space pirates. Run for your lives! The Big Mess features space captain Douglas, the pirate couple sterr, a space admiral and countless other characters trying to eke out a living in the cosmos. But whenever they get anywhere , they find they've been beaten to it by monopolist enterprises.
In Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet, Willi endeavours to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power. But it's wrong side that he takes in this civil war.

影片讲一个自称恐怖分子的团伙，是由社会中上层人士组成的，他们的反社会行为替政府的镇压提供了依据。在这部影片中，暴力不仅作为一种反抗社会的武器是无效力的，而且它实质上已为社会所同化。正像影片中一位警官所说:“我最近做了个梦……梦见资本家捏造出恐怖主义是为了迫使政府更好地保护他们。”影片的内容十分荒诞、角色的性格带有神经质而且颓废。

齐什（约克·亚赫罗 Jouko Ahola 饰）是出生在一个犹太家庭中的平凡的男孩，成年后，他只身一人前往大都市谋生，进入了一家夜间剧场工作。剧场的老板豪森（蒂姆·罗斯 Tim Roth 饰）是一名投机分子，他敏感的察觉到了政局的变化，预感到纳粹份子的蠢蠢欲动，于是开始在剧场里安排上演一些赞美纳粹和描绘纳粹统治下未来图景的剧目，深得德国人的欢迎。
之后，豪森更是将齐什包装成为了日耳曼的民族英雄齐格弗里德，这让齐什从默默无闻的小演员一跃成为了德国人心目中的巨星。随着齐什名气的逐渐增大，他的犹太人的出身更加不可被暴露，与此同时，谄媚逢迎的生活让他倍感厌倦。