In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever - from a boy into a man. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is the quintessential wartime tale of the Home Front. It is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the sweetness of life, the sting of death and the modesty and sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.

2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood

1941年，德军准备入侵苏联，德国男青年Wilhelm和他的弟弟Friedhelm响应希特勒的号召应征入伍，即将奔赴前线。女青年Charlotte立志为国家服务，成了一名女护士，也将前往战场救助伤员。女青年Greta美丽活泼，歌声动人，她希望有朝一日成为一名女歌星。她的情人是一个犹太人Viktor，他是一名裁缝的儿子。五人是最好的朋友，他们在启程的前夜载歌载舞，喝酒庆祝，约定圣诞节再相聚。
分离之前，他们都是意气风发的年轻人；分离之后，他们的命运便和这场战争紧紧联系在一起。对于这一辈的德国人来说，这是他们的父辈、他们的母辈对于这场战争的记忆。

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.