British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young are conducting a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the Nazis are building new factories that could turn the tide of the war. When their plane is shot down, James and Bryan know they will be executed if captured. With an enemy patrol in pursuit, they manage to jump aboard a train reserved for senior SS soldiers wounded on the eastern front. They take the place...

The account of the complex social and sexual relationship of two well-off English and American couples.