A man is found that doesn't speak English and doesn't remember his past. Eventually, he and a young woman fall in love and he is slowly learning English. The towns people become angry at him and beat him. I believe the young woman and the doctor stop this. At the end of the movie the two are married and have a child. He has become very ill and begins speaking in his native tongue. You see flashbacks of his live involving either a ship or submarine. When the doctor arrives the man dies. The doctor angrily tells the woman that all he had wanted was water.
Its been about ten years since I've seen this movie and that's all I'm able to remember.