故事敘述一位猶太女歌手奈莉，原與鋼琴師丈夫強尼鶼鰈情深，卻因被抓入集中營而慘遭毀容。她雖幸運獲救重生，卻對愛情不肯死心、四處尋覓丈夫，無奈世事人心俱變，不堪回首的秘密與往事，自此逐一浮現。

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

A Man with No Face wakes up in a desolate forest with only a guitar on his back, and a haunting tune in his head. Unaware of who he is, it is his connection with 2 teenage hikers that will bring out the truths about his identity.