The two mercenaries Robert and Brian, specialists in dangerous missions, are given the task of freeing a kidnapped medical team from the clutches of the South American dictator General Rodriguez. With a team of mercenaries they look for the hostages with whom Rodriguez wants to blackmail the American government. In a bloody battle, the hostages, including the young doctor Denise, manage to free themselves from the general's house. After a bomb attack, Robert and Denise are separated from their troops and must make their way alone through the wilderness to the agreed meeting point...

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world. It is up to each man now to escape the camp.An untold and rarely known fact of US held Italian POW"S