In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Vittorio De Sicaas Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
Hannes Messemeras S.S. Colonel Mueller
Vittorio Capriolias Aristide Banchelli
Nando Angelinias Paolo
Lucia Modugnoas Partisan girl
Luciano Pigozzias Prisoner