Giovanni Bertani is a rootless Italian emigrant who is currently running a
hotel in
French Djibouti. Although his son Enrico is serving with the Italian forces in the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War he sells arms to the
Abyssinian forces fighting them. Following a journey to Abyssinia Giovanni regains his sense of
Italian identity, and is fatally wounded blowing up the shipment of arms to the Abyssinians. == Cast ==