Heinrich Bode

In the Roman countryside during the Second World War, two American soldiers are hidden in a country house. One evening one of the soldiers, while drunk, meets a German soldier, equally drunk, and the two strike up a friendship. However the next day, when the drink has worn off, the war makes its presence felt once again as the Germans shoot the landlord who has been hiding the two Americans. (bfi)

After years at the Russion front in WW II, the Italian soldier Bruno returns home. But he receives an anonymous letter warning him that during his absence, his fiancée Gina has begun an love affair with Tullio, his friend and workmate at a printing office. When Gina finds out that Tullio himself has written that letter, she questions the ulterior motives of her lover. And then, another anonymous letter triggers dramatic events. (imdb)