The British front in the First World War: Captain Stanhope, Lt. Osborne, Lt. Trotter and Lt. Hibbert live in the trenches of the front line. Stanhope`s relief is Lt. Raleigh with whose sister he is secretly engaged. While Raleigh is happy to have received this command, Stanhope is less amused. He never went on holiday and despite his robust constitution only manages to hold out by heavy drinking. A problem he fears his financé might now learn about. Because of a letter Raleigh writes to his sister the two have a first argument. A second dispute of Captain and Lieutenant is the consequence of Osborne`s death. Raleigh accuses Stanhope of getting over this severe loss for their little community much too easy, while Stanhope, in fact, is deeply hurt by the loss of the comrade. Raleigh who won himself a medal on the same patrol that Osborne was killed, is wounded in the drumfire and dies in Stanhope's arms. When the latter closes his comrade's eyes und leaves their dugout, all soldiers in the trench are buried by a giant explosion.
(Source: Filmoberprüfstelle Nr. 6491 vom 27. April 1933)