Source: SBS
We first meet Lois when she gatecrashes a pre-war meeting of UK fascists alongside her boyfriend Harry (Jonah Hauer-King). Their noisy singing isn’t appreciated by the would-be Nazis; their romance isn’t appreciated by their parents. It’s them against the world, only the world is about to be plunged into a war that’s going to test them and everyone they know to breaking point.
In a more traditional take on the Second World War, these two lovers would be our viewpoint characters, their relationship the one constant in a world in flames. Here? After a quick jump forward in time the Germans are invading Poland, World War 2 has begun, she’s working in a factory as part of the war effort and Harry – who’s now working as a translator in Warsaw - is already cheating on her.