1942. France is under Nazi control. The Allies have been pushed off the continent, and their defeat in North Africa seems likely. Germany's victory is nearly absolute.

Against this dark backdrop, Jacques uses a radio to broadcast messages of hope. Sheltering in an attic with his daughter and a small group of fellow survivors, he plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with the German occupiers. 

When the Gestapo dispatch Captain Klaus Jager to hunt him down, Jacques and his companions are forced into a desperate escape. Placing their trust in the enigmatic Andre, a Swiss banker, they risk everything on a dangerous gamble that may ultimately lead the hunter straight to his prey.