General Blumentritt and Field Marshal von Rundstedt meet in Rundstedt's house in Bavaria. General Blumentritt is gathering material for a book about the Field Marshal. Kurt Eber, Blumentritt's driver, and Anna Schmidt, Rundstedt's housekeeper, supply their version of the events the two Generals are discussing, putting a human face on them. What the Generals discussed but did not put into their book is included in this book.