У фільмі розповідається про футбольний матч в окупованому Києві: після гри з німецькою командою «Flakelf» дев'ять київських футболістів було заарештовано гестапо. Четверо з них були розстріляні, за те, що вони нібито відмовилися програвати матч. Інші футболісти опинилися в концтаборах.

Стрічка розповідає реальну історію загадкового Оскара Шиндлера, члена нацистської партії, успішного промисловця, який врятував під час Другої Світової війни більше тисячі ста євреїв. Це тріумф однієї людини, не схожого на інших, і драма тих, хто, завдяки йому, вижив в жахливий період людської історії.

A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

In a small town in the West of France, during the German Occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by her grandfather. Quite upset, the two "hosts" decide to resist the occupier by never speaking a word to him. Now Werner is a lover of France and its culture, and he tries to persuade them that a rapprochement between Germany and France would be beneficial for the two nations. Quite unexpectedly Jeanne, little by little, falls in love with Werner. At the same time, the Francophile officer loses his illusions, realizing at last that what Nazi Germany actually wants is to thrall France and to stifle its culture...