影片根据菲利普·悉尼爵士生前日记中关于匈牙利人民抗击土耳其侵略军的记述改编的。事件和人物大多是真实的。影片生动地再现了匈牙利历史上著名的埃格尔要塞争夺战。

The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the Toths go overboard trying to make things pleasant for the visiting major in hopes of an easier life for their son the soldier.