Roberto Rossellini

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.