War. Terrible and hateful. Ernst Graeber - an ordinary German soldier - for the first time after two years of war goes on vacation for three weeks. Three priceless weeks - time to live! He leaves to be at war again - in a city where endless bombing. In the city, where residents are afraid to breathe once again, where no one can ever be trusted with their thoughts and feelings, otherwise - execution. But these three weeks are like a whole life in which Ernst becomes a completely different person who has found love, happiness and short-term peace. So that, returning to the front, to go to another time - a time to die.