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 Salvo D'Acquisto
as Maggiore Spada
as Irene Jannone
as Guido Jannone
as Lucia
as Walter
as Zio Oscar
as Comandante Block
as Martuccelli
as Salvi
as Gloria
as Padre di Salvo
as Madre di Salvo
as Prete
as Podestà
as Maria
as Luciano
as Marchesi
as Achille
as Moglie di Biagio
