Enrico Bottini, an engineering student, prepares to serve as an officer when Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. At the train station, he meets Garrone, an old friend from elementary school, and begins to reminisce on the values instilled to him by both school and his father.

• Johnny Dorelli
• Giuliana De Sio
• Laurent Malet
• Bernard Blier
• Andréa Ferréol
• Ugo Pagliai
• Carlo Calenda
• Federico Belisario