女主人公是一个卡车司机,生活自由自在,没有任何负担。然而因为父亲突然住院,她必须接回一直由其照顾的自己11岁的儿子。由于之前长期不在一起,女主人公和儿子之间的感情已经生疏,如今住在同一屋檐下的两人矛盾不断……。During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husband killed, she flees to America, carrying his unborn child, all the while not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring。