Malaparte is assigned to cover the Russian front for the Italian news service, and travels with Colonel Freitag of the Wehrmacht and the deputy commander of the local Romanian garrison to Romania.

Suffering terribly from his allergy, Malaparte desperately seeks to find the doctor who has been captured.

During his search for the doctor he encounters shocking situations in the Holocaust against the Jews in the city.

In September 2007, scenes were shot at the North railway station in Suceava.

[1] The railway station was chosen by the filmmakers to appear in the film because its architecture was reminiscent of the period of the Second World War.