西班牙内战行将结束，50位弗朗哥分子即将交由共和国的行刑队处死，桑切斯·马扎斯也在其中。行刑开始，桑切斯·马扎斯逃入了森林。搜索的过程中，一个士兵发现了他的藏身之地，四目相对，那个士兵却无言地转身离去。桑切斯·马扎斯奇迹般地捡回了一条命，他的逃生经历成为弗朗哥西班牙的传奇，他被奉为英雄，做了弗朗哥首届政府的部长，而那个士…

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions …