To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.
1944年至1945二戰期間，一群阿爾及利亞的伊斯蘭教小伙子應召入伍，被編入法國軍隊，參加對德國的反擊戰。在首次訓練中，上尉掃尼（羅捨迪‧澤姆 飾）通過射擊測試，挑選出狙擊手——中尉亞瑟（薩米‧納瑟裡 飾），但是在對矮小伙薩義德（賈梅爾‧杜布茲 飾）投手雷的考察，險些釀成大禍，幸好他出手敏捷，反應神速，才讓這批新兵倖免於難。在戰鬥中，這些新兵表現神勇，特別是中尉，上尉對他另眼相看。午餐時，出於對非洲士兵的歧視，食品分配極為不公，為了各種族士兵權益，中尉不惜以下犯上，冒然頂撞了上尉，兩人從此結下了私人恩怨……本片五位男星賈梅爾‧杜布茲（Jamel Debbouze）, 薩米‧波吉拉（Sami Bouajila）, 羅捨迪‧澤姆（Roschdy Zem）, 薩米‧納瑟裡（Samy Naceri）, 伯納德‧布蘭（Bernard Blancan）肯共同獲得第59屆戛納電影節最佳男主角。
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy soldiers, the troops find refuge in a strange abandoned citadel. Despite warnings from the place’s Guardian to leave at once, they wake up the Djinns, the evil spirits of the desert .
The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.