这部影片描写的是苏联卫国战争时期，红军战士马特洛索夫英勇顽强，为了保证战斗的胜利他用自己的身体堵住了敌人从碉堡里射出的子弹，最后壮烈献身的故事。

本片依据导演兼编剧谢米姆·萨尔弗所撰写的自传小说改编而成。

They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common: The Foreign Legion, their new family. The film tells their stories: of women stru