Six young men leave their quiet rural lives to join Pancho Villa's (Domingo Soler) army in Fernando de Fuentes's epic drama. Capturing the harsh realities of the Mexican Revolution, the film follows the six soldiers as they fight for freedom, watch their compadres fall during battle and suffer the mental and physical hardships of civil war, culminating in Villa's brutal retribution against defector Tiburcio (Antonio Frausto).