Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, discovers that she has super powers.
Berlin pensioner Paul Krüger gets to know his place of birth in the Czech Republic.