A young Austrian lieutenant Alfred Kiekeritz, who is stationed in a small Galician town, wants to give some meaning to his life in the last phase of WWI. He starts to collect works of art.A young Austrian lieutenant Alfred Kiekeritz, who is stationed in a small Galician town, wants to give some meaning to his life in the last phase of WWI. He starts to collect works of art.A young Austrian lieutenant Alfred Kiekeritz, who is stationed in a small Galician town, wants to give some meaning to his life in the last phase of WWI. He starts to collect works of art.