A man and a woman have sex. The woman's breast is briefly exposed. A woman takes her top off, revealing her bare breasts. It is implied that she then has sex with her husband. A woman is raped by a soldier. A man undresses and bathes a woman, though no explicit nudity is shown. A drunk soldier rips a woman's blouse open and tries to rape her. A man sexually assaults a woman who is showering. Her breasts are exposed. A woman undresses and washes herself. Her bare back and a silhouette of her breasts are shown. A man and a woman lie topless in bed. A man calls one woman a whore and another a slut. A man tries to lift a resistant woman's skirt.

Several men are killed by shotguns and machine guns. Two men fight; one slashes the other with a knife, exposing blood; the second man breaks the other man's arm. A man whips his stepson with his belt. A man's bloody arm is stitched up. A man shoots at another man. A man beats a woman. A grade-school principal threatens to discipline a boy by beating him.

A woman smokes a cigarette. There is pervasive alcohol use and drunkedness throughout the film.

A man is executed by a Nazi soldier at point-blank. A woman dies after miscarrying her baby. A family is hanged and their house is burnt down. Other people are dragged away by Nazi soldiers. Gunfire is heard in the distance.