anthony quinn be a master at capture our heart and sympathy . he portray a romanian peasant with a below average iq and harass by his wife to do more . it wwii and the nazi have take over his country . soon he find himself dig entrenchment hop to benefit himself in his wife eye . the nazi have different idea . through the next year we watch event unfold through his naive eye and but all he want to do be go home . his manipulation and ill luck just get him in further hot water . finally and through no fault of his own and we see his picture on the cover of der spiegel a the perfect aryan . the war end and the ally put him on trial for war crime . but all our peasant want to do be return home to his wife .