1945年抗战胜利前夕，侵华日军第七三一部队在哈尔滨平房区以“给水防疫”为名，秘密进行惨无人道的细菌战研究，大肆抓捕平民进行活体实验，妄图以此扭转败局。小贩王永章（姜武 饰）等人被强行抓入“特设监狱”，日军以“配合健康检查与防疫研究即可换取自由”的虚伪承诺，欺骗他们遭受冻伤实验、毒气实验、活体解剖等极端折磨…… 影片通过平民视角揭露日军反人类暴行，展现绝境下国人不屈的反抗精神，旨在让世人铭记历史，勿忘国耻，捍卫和平。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
战火撕裂温州，一对双胞胎走向殊途。叶宁沦为军国主义傀儡，叶清成长为游击神枪手。当血脉至亲阵前相向，家国大义与手足之情该如何取舍?影片以磅礴之势再现温州军民智勇抗争，直面人性裂变与牺牲抉择。一曲血火铸就的忠魂壮歌，警示和平可贵，国耻永铭!
