1944年，盟军已经登陆欧洲对纳粹展开反攻，在耶鲁学习法律的汤姆·哈特（柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）由参议院父亲的安排下进入部队担任驻扎后方的中尉，一次护送任务中，哈特不幸被俘，被纳粹送往集中营中关押。在集中营里，出身军官世家的威廉·麦克纳马拉上校（布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰）担任俘虏们的领导，他将可能出卖了盟军情报的哈特分配到士兵营房，又将两名黑人飞行员指派给哈特照顾，集中营中充斥种族歧视的气氛，哈特不得不尽力避免黑人飞行员遭受同袍的伤害，然而一名飞行员还是死于陷害，而剩下的另一名飞行员则卷入了谋杀，哈特决定为黑人辩护，向集中营中的歧视宣战……

For Momo, the dream of a football career was within reach. But then his family blames him for a crime. Innocently, the 19-year-old ends up in jail and is expected to serve a 19-year sentence there. Momo now has to assert himself in everyday prison life. His mother and girlfriend visit him regularly and he finds support in the prison football team. But his prison life takes a dramatic turn. His uncle Amar, who is also a feared clan chief, is blackmailing him. In order to get protection in prison, he is supposed to start dealing drugs.

1930年6月12日，马克斯·施梅琳战胜杰克·沙基，而成为本世记仅有的几位非美国人的世界重量级拳逛之壹。担仅卫冕壹次成攻后，他就于1932年6月21日失手于复仇的沙基，将逛冠拱手相让。 1938年6月22日，他茬响被誉为“褐色轰炸机”的世界重量级冠军桥·露杨斯挑战中败北。