电影改编自真实的历史事件。
故事发生在第二次世界大战结束之后,德国战败,大批被捕的德国士兵成为了俘虏。战争期间,德军曾在丹麦西海岸埋下了超过一百五十万枚地雷,而其中一些被俘虏的年轻德国士兵,则被迫成为了活体地雷探测器。
在丹麦军官卡尔的带领下,那些尚且只是孩子的俘虏们开始了排雷行动,他们用双手,用双脚,甚至用生命,一步一步的净化着长长的海岸线。然而,当任务结束之后,当幸存的孩子们满心欢喜的以为他们终于逃脱了死神的手掌可以回到故乡之时,等待着他们的,却是另一项同样残酷的任务。。A romantic and funny love story with a tragic end. In Paris a young Hungarian artist (Monpti) and a girl (Anne-Claire) meet and fall in love. But just when she is prepared to give herself to him she finds a pair of lady's pants in his room. He is perfectly innocent but the reason why the pants are there is as humouristic as incredible. So when he tells the truth she gets very angry though she was prepared to "forgive" his "side step". Another pattern is much more serious. Anne-Claire fears that Monpti would have no interest in her if she told that she is a nobody. So she builds up a story of being a rich girl with a private chauffeur. She even takes Monpti to a family church funeral and points out all her relatives, even telling which ones are not on speaking terms. When he finally exposes her lies a violent explosion results. She runs away in despair and is overrun by a car. At the hospital their love returns. But she will die after a few days. - In the background of many scenes we have seen the couple who overrun Anne-Claire, and their shallow emotions were recurrently contrasted with the genuine love of the young couple.。