In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

Interspersed with archival footage relaying the origins of the political unrest of the 1960s, United Red Army introduces us to the young men and women who will ultimately become militant activists seeking to overthrow the established world order. Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.

During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.

The full-length television documentary, using currently found audio-visual records, tells the story of the fabricated political process from November 1952, the story of its victims and its masterminds. At its end, 11 executed high-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Czech Republic, committed to the communist party, who mechanically "recited" memorized confessions and accusations of "accomplices", former friends and colleagues in front of the court in response to prearranged questions from the prosecutors and judges.