In this filmed version of the original musical, Leiden student Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and his friends see their carefree student life disrupted when the Germans invade the Netherlands in 1940. The boys, then around 23 years old, realize out of the blue that nothing is the same anymore. Friendship and love are no longer self-evident. The war turns everything upside down, all relationships are on edge. Everyone has to make their own choices…: Are you going to fight for Freedom, People, Fatherland? Do you bury your head in the sand and continue studying? Or do you deliberately choose the enemy?

这也是一部来自荷兰的儿童题材影片，曾在今年Cinekid电影节上摘得评审团奖。九岁的小女孩Kiek担心自己的父亲，一名联合国医生会在战场上牺牲，这种担心将她带入了想象力的神奇角落。影片最值得一提的地方便是小女孩的想象世界全部通过停格动画效果来呈现。 影片片名其实是指一种荷兰的著名小吃，把法式的炸薯条蘸着沙拉酱或花生酱来吃，但却有着“Fries War薯条战争”这样夸张的名字。而在小女孩的想象力当中，一切何尝又不这这么郑重其事呢？