sentences:  Tom Schilling plays the younger Thomas, who sees his native Germany destroyed by the Soviet invaders.His family is killed, leaving him orphaned, and with only his girlfriend Melanie (Bernadette Heerwagen) left.His girlfriend Melanie is repeatedly raped by Red Army soldiers and she is eventually killed by a Soviet soldier after having sex with him and two other Soviet soldiers in order to protect Thomas from being beaten and killed by the soldiers.