意大利少年皮诺·莱拉不想和战争、纳粹扯上任何关系，他只痴迷于音乐、美食和爱情。米兰的家被盟军炸毁后，皮诺加入雷神父的地下抵抗组织，帮助犹太人翻越阿尔卑斯山逃离意大利。
与此同时，皮诺对年长六岁的遗孀安娜一见钟情。 紧随皮诺十八岁生日来临的是征兵通知。父母为了保护皮诺，希望他远离二战前线，迫使他参军入伍成为驻守意大利的德军士兵。但在皮诺负伤后，却阴差阳错地被希特勒在意大利的左膀右臂——汉斯·莱尔斯将军雇佣为私人司机。
实则是盟军间谍的皮诺潜伏在德军指挥部，每天目睹着战争杀戮、侵略和暴行，与敌人“朝夕相处”，用秘密的方式进行着战斗。对安娜的爱以及对美好生活的向往支撑着他一往无前……
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Skyis the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
