1918年,在一个拘留营里,一群芬兰演员被判处死刑。当一个重要的德国将军到达营地时,他们被告知如果能使将军欢笑,他们就能活命。In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the imprisoners have to perform a comedy - and if they can make the visiting general laugh, they will be spared. A story about zest for life and power of laughter. Based on true events.