- On leaving work, while Darío Manzano is taking drugs in the car, he receives an unexpected visit from Ginés Chega. At the same time that he points a gun at Darío′s face, he asks about his friend Abraham "El Gitano", whom he accuses of having stolen a lot of money. Manzano, without knowing what happened, cannot answer anything about it, and Ginés angrily gives Darío a head butt ...
- Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier, but at the front Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war. When Gilbert is hanged by the SS, Werner turns his gun on his own army. This film, based on Dieter Noll's novel, is a political and artistic masterpiece. Its fresh and surprising frankness about the toll war takes on youth found great public resonance after the film's release.