故事发生在第二次世界大战刚结束之时，士兵查尔斯决定留在巴黎，成为一名作家后，他遇见了海伦并结为了夫妻，但是他的事业毫无声色，终日靠酒精度日，一次醉后把海伦锁在门外，导致海伦的不幸离世，查尔斯悔不当初

In Argentina, the family man Julio Madariaga is the patriarch of his family and considers his farm the paradise on Earth. One of his daughters, Luisa Desnoyers, has married the Frenchman immigrant Marcelo Desnoyers and they have one son, the playboy Julio, and one daughter, the gorgeous student of Sorbonne Chi Chi. His…

In 1940 Col. Dufort arrives in Timbuktu with his wife to take over the French garrison. This garrison is threatened by a Tuareg uprising supposedly inspired by Mohamet Adjani -- a holy man once regarded as a friend of France. Almost immediately Col. and Mme. Dufort push on to Bou Djebeha in company with an American gun…