A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
16th century: pirate Paolo, in the guise of a poet, enters a castle hoping to find his parents' murderer. He kidnaps Angela, thinking she is Emperor Charles V.'s sister Caterina. A battle ensues with evil Carmona who wants to marry Angela.
An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.