At a hot mountain outpost during WW1, Lieutenant Alfani wishes something would break the tedium of the day. Within hours he will regret that wish as he and his men will face a deadly, terrifying suicide mission. Alfani must send his men through an unprotected stretch of land to reoccupy a critical lookout position, but a Hungarian sniper is picking them off one by one. Brave Gusmaroli, family-man Zocchi, religious Ricci and the great war hero Morana will each be forced to face the agonising nature of war.