简介：TheattractiveOberleutnantPaulWendlandtisstationedinNorthAfricaasafighterpilot.WhileinBerlintodeliverareportheisgivenaday'sleave,andonthestageofthecabarettheatre"Skala"seesthepopularDanishsingerHannaHolberg.ForPaulitisloveatfirstsight.WhenHannavisitsfriendsaftertheendoftheperformance,hefollowsher,andspeakstoherintheU-Bahn.Afterthepartyinherfriends'flatheaccompaniesherhome,andchancethrowsthemfurthertogetherwhenanairraidwarningforcesthemtotakecoverintheairraidshelter.HannareciprocatesPaul'sfeelings,butafteranightspenttogetherPaulhastoreturnimmediatelytothefront. Therenowfollowsawholeseriesofmisunderstandings,andonemissedopportunityafteranother.WhileHannawaitsinvainforsomesignoflifefromPaul,heisflyingonmissionsinNorthAfrica.WhenhetriestovisitherinherBerlinflat,sheisgivingaChristmasconcertinParis.NeverthelesstheirbondgrowsinstrengthandarousesthejealousyofthecomposerRudnitzky,whoisalsoinlovewiththesinger.PaulasksHannainalettertomarryhim.However,whenheisfinallyabletovisither,heiscalledawayagainonthenightbeforethewedding.Hanna,disappointed,leavesforRome,whereshehastomakeaguestappearance.EvenwhenPaulmanagestogetthreeweeks'leaveandfollowsHannatoRome,theweddinghasstilltobepostponed:Paulfeelssostronglythatheisneededatthefrontthathegoesbackeventhoughhehasnotbeenorderedtodoso.Hannadoesnotunderstandthis,andthereisanargument,afterwhichPaulthinkshehaslostherforever. ThewaragainsttheSovietUnionbreaksout(1941)andPaulandhisfriendEtzdorfaresettotheEasternFront.WhenEtzdorfiskilled,PaulwritesafarewelllettertoHanna,tomakethedangersofhismissionseasiertobear.OnlywhenhehimselfhasbeenshotdownandwoundedandissenttoamilitaryhospitalinthemountainsdoesheseeHannaagain,whoisstillpreparedtomarryhim.Thelastshotsofthefilmshowthehappycouple,confidentinthefuture,lookingskywardswheresquadronsofGermanbombersflypast.…