二战后期,在地中海的某个小岛,某舰艇上有一群意大利守卫负责守卫这个军事重地。然而,这群被战争遗忘的士兵无意中闯入了一座小镇,他们发现那里的居民并没有被战争侵袭,依旧过着无忧无虑的生活。起初,这几个士兵总是提心吊胆,生怕有外敌入侵,因为误会还差点搞出人命。熟悉环境后,中尉干脆决定在这里安营扎寨。他们慢慢熟悉了这里的生活,有的踢球,有的绘画,有的读书,有的跳水,甚至上尉还爱上了一个当地的妓女(凡娜•巴伯 Vanna Barba 饰),他们一起调情,共同享受着男女之欢,但惟独没有肌肤之亲,因为上尉对她动了真感情…… 本片获64届奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there. Actually, the island isn't deserted and when the Greeks understand that those Italians are harmless, they came out of their hiding places in the mountains and continue their peaceful lives. Soon the soldiers discover that being left behind in a God-forgotten Greek island isn't such a bad thing, after all...