When English soldier Hal strikes up a conversation with German Lieutenant Wilhelm during the ceasefire in no-mans-land on Christmas Day 1914 he has no idea the impact this chance meeting will have. Wilhelm is in love with an English woman Sam & presses a photograph into Hals hand
- if he makes it home Hal must promise to find Sam & give her this token of affection. Hal does make it home though the war rages on
- but the moment he sees Sam he is in trouble. With Wilhelms shadow looming over their relationship & his photograph never revealed Hal begins to live a life that was meant for someone else.. .