It's 1938 and for two couples honeymooning in Sorrento, the future is uncertain. The Munich crisis is over- a relief for Biff, a pilot in the RAF and Konrad a member of the German Kriegsmarine. Together they tour the Amalfi coast and resolve to meet again in a year’s time. But eleven months later, their countries are torn apart by a terrible war that will last for six long years.