The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy.
Roberto Rossellini stated he was very more proud of this film than of any other film he ever made.
瑞贝卡(Floriane Daniel 饰)和罗拉(Marie-Lou Sellem 饰)是无话不谈的好友兼室友。某日,瑞贝卡的男友马克(海诺·弗兹 Heino Ferch 饰)开着新买的车来找瑞贝卡,却在紧要关头忘记了锁车。于是,他的车被一位名叫雷尼(乌里奇·马特斯 Ulrich Matthes 饰)的男子给开走了。
雷尼驾驶着马克的车与一辆大卡车相撞了,雷尼并无大碍,跌跌撞撞的离开了现场,而卡车司机的女儿却在这场事故中不幸丧命。一次偶然中,罗拉和雷尼相遇、相爱了,罗拉发现雷尼似乎患有短期记忆障碍症。与此同时,卡车司机一直都在寻找杀死他女儿的凶手,而马克则爱上了另一个名叫妮娜(Laura Tonke 饰)的女孩,然而这并不意味着他对瑞贝卡失去了兴趣。
quot;The Driver" is specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet. After another succeeded flight from the police, a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises remission of of punishment to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from the player Isabelle to mislead the detective.