电影《打铁花行动》主要讲述了抗日战争时期，年轻的共产党员彭皓天奉上级之命，回到阔别多年的家乡“皇家驿站”，重启我党的地下联络点，并成功说服山匪头子飞龙之女秀姑带领山寨加入共产党，里应外合利用当地打铁花的习俗粉碎日军抢占医用资源夏枯草的阴谋。
莽莽野林，布满了死亡陷井。失散的侦察员山努孤身与敌军特工展开了殊死的搏斗本片描写钢铁战士超人的毅力和非凡的本领，揭露敌人灭绝人性的暴行和卑劣淫荡的兽性，展示了惊心动魄的丛林血战。坦克、撞车、爆炸、火焰；真实表演，激烈场面，实为一部难得的佳作。
该片是首部全景式展现中国人民14年抗战艰辛历程的纪录电影。它深刻铭记了80年前，中国人民经过长达14年艰苦卓绝的浴血奋战，打败了穷凶极恶的日本军国主义侵略者，取得了中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利。作为纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年的重点作品，影片以线性叙事还原1931年至1945年间，从民族危机到团结抗争的历史脉络，深刻讲述一个国家和民族长达14年的救亡图存史。
1945年在广西黔江红石滩上，曾发生过一场以少胜多、以弱胜强的战役，面对300多名的日军精锐，广西义勇军凭借红石滩天险设下“死亡陷阱”激战15小时，击毙120多名日军，狠狠地打击了日寇，极大鼓舞了当地民众的抗日斗志。
1938年秋，华北地区日军占领安县县城，随即日军立刻开始布局围剿安县周边八路军抗日根据地，为保护抗日根据地军民的安全，八路军排长吕长顺临危受命带领战士以及残存的国民党队伍以简陋的武器在装备精良的日军面前展开最残酷的血战……
1939年繁昌保卫战，新四军排长朱振率队护送握有日军南京暴行证据与作战计划的记者陆瑛。遭日军围追堵截，队员接连牺牲，历经雪原伏击、山洞激战等生死考验，最终朱振殉国，陆瑛成功送证，助新四军获胜，日军罪行曝光。
应正式邀请，俄罗斯社会学家马克西姆·舒加利（Maxim Shugaley）及其同伴和翻译萨梅尔·苏凡（Samer Sueifan）前往被激进组织分裂的利比亚。他们的任务是进行研究，以结束战争。但是，在工作过程中，俄罗斯专家遭到武装分子绑架，并被关在私人监狱中长达一年多。由于和平解决这一问题的外交努力陷入僵局，俄罗斯方面开始准备实施救援行动。
1940年，北满抗联独立大队屡遭日军追袭，被迫在深山老林中不断转移，对外联系也已被日军切断。地下党龙泽群获知日军间谍独狼已潜入独立大队，一场惊心动魄的锄奸行动就此展开……该片展现了北满地区社会各界人士团结一致，反抗侵略的伟大精神。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
