War and love. tears and laughter, the worst and the best that can happen to someone - in brief, life, in Rome, ruled by the Nazis, in 1943. The man in question is called Vittorio, Vittorio De Sica. Easy to speak well of him now, but then he was just a 'comedian', an actor without future, protégé of no-one: someone who could count only on himself and his own imagination. And, one day, a German patrol turns up on the movie set where he is working. They are looking for him, find him and take him away, to their commander who wants a word with him. Goebbels in person has written to him, sending him a request which is an order. De Sica is trapped, but...

Ce documentaire explore un chapitre méconnu de l'occupation nazie à Rome : l'arrestation en plein tournage de l'acteur Vittorio De Sica par les hommes de Joseph Goebbels.

Bu belgesel, Nazi işgali altındaki Roma'da oyuncu Vittorio De Sica'nın Joseph Goebbels'in adamları tarafından alıkonmasıyla başlayan gizli kalmış bir hikâyeyi anlatıyor.