影片改编自伊丽莎白·艾登本兹的亲身经历。伊丽莎白在二战期间与她的同事救助了近600个婴儿。1940年代初,欧洲难民都在四处躲避纳粹的迫害。伊丽莎白·艾登本兹是一家妇产医院的院长,她决心帮助难民中的孕妇生产并照顾他们。但是已经被纳粹占领的法国当局下令让其移交所有的犹太人和她们的孩子。尽管困难重重,伊丽莎白依然奋不顾身地保护她们。她的好友维多利亚认为只有与纳粹抗争才是解决争端的唯一办法,于是便离开了。而这所妇产医院就犹如沙漠里的一滴水般存在着。In 1942, after three years of bringing back dignity to mothers interned in refugee camps and saving the lives of their babies, the Maternity of Elna has been ordered to close it's doors by the French authorities. Its director Elisabeth Eidenbenz, the mothers and their collaborators who have helped to make everything possible, will try to prevent it.
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