Unjustly accused of the murder of three women, the members of two rival gangs are joined to survive to the hunting that the whole town is making. Running away, they reach an abandoned fort in which the attempt to fend off attacks from the group that pursues them.
Фабрицио дель Донго, молодой архиепископ, тратит все силы на свои любовные романы, а не на церковь, создавая сложности для всех вокруг. Графиня Сан Северина - одна из женщин, которые любят его и ревнуют друг к другу. Сам же Фабрицио влюблен в дочь тюремщика, которая дала клятву Деве Марии, что никогда больше не увидит его снова.
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Captain Enrico Berti, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelligence. The film ends with the city being recaptured by Italian troops and their Nazi German allies.
