This film begins during the Italian invasion of Greece in 1940 with a small ragtag group of Italian soldiers being put ashore the isolated and unimportant Greek island of Mighisti in the Aegean Sea with the mission of occupying it and reporting all observations of enemy shipping in the area. However, when their radio breaks they soon find themselves completely out of contact with their superiors and left all by themselves on what appears to be a completely deserted island. At least that is what they initially think. However, once the local Greeks discover that these Italian soldiers are no real threat to them they come out of hiding and not only reveal themselves but also adopt them into their way of life. And with no young adult males on the island some of these Italian soldiers soon realize that there are worse places to spend their army service. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, although this wasn't a great comedy by any means, it was still an entertaining film due in large part to the thoughtful underlying anti-war message mixed in with the beautiful scenery. Likewise, the fact that it won an Academy Award for "Best Foreign Language Film" also attests to its overall appeal as well. In any case, I enjoyed this particular movie and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Above average.