剧情：特罗哥中尉被派往帝国边境“鞑靼人的荒漠”上的巴斯蒂亚诺城堡。满腔热情的他渴望为国效力，建立功勋；他期待歼灭敌人，但这期待已久的敌人却始终没有露面。特罗哥中尉最终与所有的前辈军官一样，耗尽了自己的意志和生命，最终换来的只是一声叹息。
幕后/花絮：这是一部描写“期待”的卡夫卡式作品，展现了人性的扭曲与异化，巴斯蒂亚诺城堡的军人形象十分典型：惨遭横祸的士兵、葬身沙场的伯爵、在荒野自尽的上尉……所有这一切皆是荒诞的人生写照，无不折射出人生的无谓与凄凉。本片被意大利评论界认为是该国70年代最优秀的影片之一。

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Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
A novel by Valerio Zurlini was the basis of the Italian Le Ragazze di Sanfrediano (The Girls of San Frediano). The story deals with the amorous escapades of handsome garage mechanic Bob (Antonio Cifariello). The first name in Bob's little black book is the tempestuous Tosca (Rosanna Podesta, who that same year played the title role in Helen of Troy). Before long, our hero throws Tosca over for a chorus dancer (Giulia Robini), a schoolteacher (Luciana Liberati) and a dress designer (Corinne Calvet). Through it all, Gina (Marcella Miriani), a girl who lives in Bob's apartment building, silently carries a torch for the grease-monkey Lothario. Just guess who Bob eventually winds up with.
Wikipedia:
Le ragazze di San Frediano (English: The Girls of San Frediano) is actually a 1949 novel by Italian author Vasco Pratolini. The novel is set in Florence at the end of the second World War. The story follows the escapades of a Florentine mechanic, a local "Don Giovanni," who romances several women simultaneously and secretly. His multiple relationships come to the women's attention, and they conceive a plot to punish the mechanic for his behavior.