In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying to murder him.
