World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.

1813. The Swedish army is fighting in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The popular general Von Döbeln is arrested for sending the army against the French in breach of orders by the crown prince. At the court martial he is sentenced to death but is pardoned by the king and sent to prison instead.

When a strategy-minded young boy finds himself between two playgrounds, he starts a game that sparks a real-life conflict between two groups of children.