Synopsis:

It is autumn of 1943,when some college students,Gigi,Lelio,Enrico and Simonetta all dicide in their own way to oppose the Nazi invasion of Italy and depart fromm the plateau Asiago,ready to join other groups of partisans.But these good students discover that they are not able to go to war.As they move between the villages,they are joined by a sailor their antifascist professor,Toni Giuriolo,and Dante,a young NCO Alpine.Every little action,every decision to be made is a discussion.None of the guys really want to kill.When the first seriuos raid occurs,the group falls apart,with the hardship of winter coming,someone is killed.There is time for a rethink,the return to Padua,always thinking about some demonstrative action,until the day of liberation,when Gigi and Simonetta take on a group of tanks that is entering the city.After fear,much relief,the tanks are British.