Summary
Heinz Weimann returns to his Bavarian village of Bärweiler after spending long years in captivity as a prisoner of war. Glad to be able to continue his life as a farmer in peace, he even accepts that Käthe, the love of his youth, has married in the meantime. But the American authorities want to vacate the village to build a military air base. The village′s residents are outraged and try everything to prevent the destruction of the village. But neither the bishop nor the state government consider their protests. When the whole village demonstrates peacefully in front of the government building, the authorities use bludgeons and water cannons to fend them off. The villagers are determined to continue their protest, only Käthe′s husband Fritz follows the instructions and leaves the village without his wife. Heinz on the other hand tries to encourage his fellow residents and is even arrested for his resistance against the authority of the state. But finally, the workers and farmers accomplish a turn of events with the help of the surrounding villages. A strike forces the American military police, that has already arrived to vacate the village, to withdraw.
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