Spanish historical adventure about the hunt for a soldier whose actions caused Napoleon's first defeat. In 1808, at the height of Napoleon's campaign against the Spanish, a single military drummer causes the French army to panic and retreat when he uses the Monserrat mountains to echo the sound of his drums. After hearing of his army's humiliating defeat, Napoleon demands the drummer's head, and dispatches an elite band of his most deadly imperial guards to track down the young hero at any cost.

Spanish historical drama based on the life of 16th century playright Lope de Vega. Returning to Madrid from the war, an eagerly ambitious Lope (Alberto Ammann) is forced to take a job as a copyist while he dreams of finding fame and fortune. He soon falls for his employer's seductive daughter, Elena (Pilar López de Ayala), little realising that she is in fact already married. When she refuses to end her marriage for a future with the struggling writer, Lope causes a scandal by publicising their affair. Now accused of slander, Lope goes on the run, where he soon finds help in the form of his childhood friend, the beautiful Isabel (Leonor Watling).