Antonio (Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi), Gianni (Vitttorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman) and Nikolai (Stefano Satta Flores) are life and death friends in the war era. After the war, they returned to their hometown and began their very different lives. Antonio meets the beautiful girl Luciana (Stephania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli) and falls in love, but Luciana likes Gianni. But in the end, Gianni chose to marry the daughter of the Marquis, and Luciana was in pain, and Antonio reappeared at Luciana's side, accompanying her. Luciana always wanted to be an actress, and in order to realize her dream, she even gave her body to the person in charge of selecting actors. After several twists and turns, Antonio and Luciana were finally honest with each other and told each other, and the couple finally came together.