Chile, September 11, 1973: Army Commander-in-Chief Augusto Pinochet overthrows the Unidad Popular government. President Salvador Allende dies under murky circumstances after the military storms his presidential palace, La Moneda.
Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor.
Karl and Richard, two German soldiers captured by the Russians in World War I, become very close friends—so close that Richard shares intimate stories about his wife, Anna. Through these stories, Karl falls in love with her in his thoughts.