Abel Tiffauges (John Malkovich) loves children, and wants to guard them against the atrocities of adults. But he gets falsely accused as a child molester. The commencement of World War II helps him get out of prison. He becomes a soldier and ends up getting held as a prisoner of war in a Nazi camp. After getting training from Field Marshall Hermann Goering (Volker Spengler), he becomes a member and trainer of the Kaltenborn Castle, a notorious training camp for German boys. He is now very happy to look after them. He turns into a follower of Nazism, and recruit boys for training in the camp