

During the First World War, on the Italian-Austrian front, the inflexible and ruthless General Leone (ALAIN CUNY) is determined to defend Monte Fior, a strategically insignificant target, at all costs, and to do so, he doesn't hesitate to send his men to their deaths in vain. A socialist lieutenant (GIAN MARIA VOLONTE'), and later his seemingly more moderate colleague (MARK FRECHETTE), disgusted by this relentlessness, urge the troops to revolt against the merciless executioners of war.