As WWII rages on, a German sailor must come to terms with the beliefs taught him while a member of the Hitler Youth under Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Held in a prisoner of war camp in Arizona's desert after his U-boat has been captured, Rudolf Meier picks cotton for an American Jewish farmer. That relationship truly challenges Rudolf as the American teaches him about democracy and individualism. After a horrific murder in the camp committed by Nazi officers, Rudolf comes face-to-face with the consequences of his ingrained beliefs.