After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Martin Potter
as Encolpio
Hiram Keller
as Ascilto
Max Born
as Gitone
Salvo Randone
as Eumolpo
Mario Romagnoli
as Trimalcione
Magali Noël
as Fortunata
Capucine
as Trifena
Fanfulla
as Vernacchio
Gordon Mitchell
as Il predone
George Eastman
as Minotauro
Carlo Giordana
as Il capitano
Donyale Luna
as Enotea