Grischa
Babka
Sacht
Von Lychow
Winfried
Posnansky
Werner Bertin
Schieffenzahn
Fedjusche
Reserveleutnant
Russian soldier Grisha escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the spring of 1917. He is caught and is to be shot as a spy. This decision is controversial. The dispute continues. Grisha is executed on the orders of the army high command.