抗日战争期间，柯棣华医生参加了援华医疗队，在1939年2月前往延安，参加了八路军医疗队，在晋察冀边区全力抢救和日本军队作战的八路军伤员。During the Japanese invasion of China, a young Indian doctor joins the Chinese resistance, meets and courts a Chinese girl, cures a virulent plague, and is captured by a Japanese platoon...
