When 18 year old Jiri Pospichal sings up an a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army, he has naïve ideas about heroism and valour. The reality, however, is very different – he is starkly confronted with the hell of the African desert and the ubiquitous threat of death. The horrors of war takes its toll as Jiri gradually and steadily loses his self respect and courage and his ability to survive.
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