Set in Czechoslovakia during World War II, the film follows young Martin Friedmann-Petrasek. He is a talented soccer player who dreams of becoming a star. But his life turns upside-down as the Nazis take over the country. The young man witnesses the members of his family being taken away to working camps, but he manages to escape the same fate thanks to his talent, luck and desire to live. He joins the partisans and actively participates in the fight against the horrible regime, becoming a hero and one of the few Jewish survivors at the end of the war.