1944年9月底，悲剧性的华沙起义已接近尾声，一支波兰“国家军”在中尉查德拉（Wienczyslaw Glinski 饰）带领下驻防一栋破败的建筑。华沙市内被德军分块切断，与家人失散的作曲家米考只好在这支30人小队中栖身。悬殊的军事差距让战士们心灰意懒，米考的钢琴声有些怪异的飘荡在废墟上空。德军的小型攻势很快让队伍无法招架，全员进入下水道转移阵…

A Ukrainian patchwork-family spends their last day of vacation on the island of Tenerife. The four do not know yet that the next day their life will completely change. Overnight, they will go from being tourists to refugees.