[1] It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Palm.

[4] In September 1944, Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree.

When he falls asleep, his troops are gone and he is left alone to defend the incoming enemy invasion.

Flashbacks recall his wartime experiences and his transition from a human being into a sadistic murderer and rapist.

He encounters a prostitute and a giggling girl in this violent feature that reveals the deterioration of human values in the face of the grim realities of war.