Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy.
Luis Trenker
as Giovanni Lombardo
Carla Sveva
as Maria Salviati
Ethel Maggi
as Caterina Sforza
Tito Gobbi
as Troubadour Nino
Giuseppe Addobbati
as Duke of Lombardy
Herbert Hübner
as Duke of Urbino
Aribert Wäscher
as Cardinal
