The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Teresa Menezes
as Francisca "Fanny" Owen
Diogo Dória
as José Augusto
Mário Barroso
as Camilo (Camilo Castelo Branco)
Nuno Carinhas
as Marcelino de Matos
Manuela de Freitas
as Raquel
Glória de Matos
as Rita Owen
Alexandre Brandão de Melo
as Raimundo
Lia Gama
as D. Josefa
João Guedes
as Marques
Cecília Guimarães
as Judite
Adelaide João
as Clotilde
Teresa Madruga
as Franzina