Young Lilo, of Romani descent, finds herself, her mother, and her new friend, Django, taken out of the Nazi concentration camp that she was sure would be her death to become extras in the propaganda movies of Hitler's favorite filmmaker, Leni Reifenstahl. Their surroundings are suddenly glamorous, but when they are not working Lilo and the other extras are kept in a barn and barely fed. Soon enough, the Romanies decide to take matters into their own hands.