

During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
Ottokar Runze
Erzherzogin

Wolfgang Preiss
Oberst

Maria Perschy
Mordax

Rudolf Prack
kaiserlicher Hofdiener

Friedrich von Ledebur
General

Viktor Staal
Anton