人头攒动的火车站里，一名男子的身影显得格外突兀，男子名叫杰尼（吉姆·罗斯·斯图尔特 Kim Rossi Stuart 饰），此刻，他正焦虑又激动的等待着他素未谋面的儿子保罗（安德烈·罗西 Andrea Rossi 饰）。保罗天生带有残疾，杰尼此次的目的就是带领保罗去接受更好的治疗。 父亲这个头衔带来的沉重压力让杰尼一时之间无法适应，而乖巧的保罗则在这种时刻中扮演起了安慰和照顾他的角色，这让杰尼十分宽慰。在医院里，杰尼结识了和自己境遇相同的女人妮可（夏洛特·兰普林 Charlotte Rampling 饰），后者给予了他很大的帮助。为了进一步拉近自己和保罗之间的距离，两人决定踏上旅程，在旅程的终点，隐藏着保罗的心愿。
This film tells the rise of a Malay warrior named Mat Kilau and his friends against the British colonialists who came to Pahang in 1890. The greed of British officials and policies, which have imposed excessive taxes, confiscated land belonging to the Malays to reap the treasures of Pahang and disrupted the Islamic way in Pahang has caused dissatisfaction among the rulers and the Malays. The patriotic spirit of Mat Kilau and his friends who rose up against British violence had caused Captain Syers to launch an attack on Mat Kilau. Witness the heroic spirit of Mat Kilau, Tok Gajah and Mat Kilau's best friends use their wisdom to fight in the jungle against the British soldiers. Did Mat Kilau and his friends succeed in driving out the barbaric and greedy British army to reap gold and tin in Pahang
Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family. As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did. Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano. The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story. It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.
