为了激励士气，树立榜样，瓦西里的战友——苏军文宣部军官丹尼洛夫（约瑟夫•费因斯 Joseph Fiennes 饰）在报纸上大量刊登瓦西里的英雄事迹，令瓦西里的形象更为高大。然而，坦妮娅（雷切尔•薇姿 Rachel Weisz 饰）的出现，让瓦西里和丹尼洛夫都同时迷恋上了这个飒爽女兵。但塔妮娅喜欢的是瓦西里，这让丹尼洛夫大为妒忌。
The film is about the early years of famed children’s author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) when she experienced something that was a “combination of both miracle and calamity that came to shape her entire life.”