During World War II, 22-year-old Carabinieri deputy brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto makes an heroic gesture of self-sacrifice by "confessing" an act of sabotage for which 22 civilians had been rounded up by the Germans, and is executed by firing squad in their place on September 23, 1943.
as Oreste
as Carabiniere stazione
as Biagio
as Francesca D'Acquisto
as Fratellino di Salvo
