The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of

　　意大利女子桑德拉（克劳迪娅·卡汀娜 Claudia Cardinale 饰）带着丈夫回到了自己的故乡，她此行只有一个目的，就是和弟弟姜尼（让·索里尔 Jean Sorel 饰）一起查明父亲真正的死因。姐弟两人的父亲受到纳粹迫害而死在了集中营里，桑德拉和姜尼一直怀疑，当年将父亲出卖给纳粹的正是母亲