En Grande-Bretagne, en 1942, le quotidien d'une escadrille anglo-américaine cantonnée à l'arrière, à travers les destins de quelques pilotes et de leurs compagnes.
An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.