上世纪30年代末,来自英国的记者乔治·霍格(乔纳森·莱斯·迈耶斯饰)正赶上日寇在南京地区残忍地进行大屠杀。他为了告诉世界这场战争的真相,深入战场进行报道,不幸被日军俘虏,后被新四军陈汉生(周润发饰)解救。在逃离之时,偶遇日寇屠杀后幸存下来的60多名性格各异的孤儿,语言不通的乔治肩负起关怀照顾这些孩子的责任。战争更加逼近,为了逃避战 In the late 1930s, George Hogg, a journalist from England, was caught up in the cruel massacre by the Japanese invaders in Nanjing. In order to tell the truth of the war in the world and to report in depth on the battlefield, he was unfortunately taken captive by the Japanese army and rescued by the New Fourth Army Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun Fat). At the time of the escape, more than 60 individually orphaned and surviving orphans survived the slaughter of Japanese invaders, and George, a pariah, failed to take care of the children's responsibility. The war is more approaching, in order to escape the war