Tse istoriya pro lyudyanistʹ, mriyu, lyubov i svitlo, yake zoriye v pitʹmi, i temryava ne pohlynaye yoho… U zhyttya milʹyoniv lyudey vdyrayetʹsya Druha svitova viyna, troshchachy te, shcho zdavalosya mitsnym, i poyednuyuchy nepoyednuvane. V okhoplenomu viynoyu frantsuzʹkomu mistechku Sen-Malo zustrilysya frantsuzʹka divchynka Mari-Lor ta nimetsʹkyy khlopetsʹ Verner Pfennih. Vony oboye slipi: vona vtratyla zir ishche dytynoyu, a vin zasliplenyy nimetsʹkoyu propahandoyu. Ale, zdayetʹsya, sama dolya vse zhyttya vela yikh nazustrich odne odnomu, shchob vony pobachyly nezryme svitlo, yake zdatne peremohty bezoku pitʹmu.