The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Massimo Ranieri
as Metello Salani
Ottavia Piccolo
as Ersilia
Frank Wolff
as Betto
Tina Aumont
as Idina
Lucia Bosè
as Viola
Pino Colizzi
as Renzoli
Mariano Rigillo
as Olindo Tinai
Luigi Diberti
as Lippi
Manuela Andrei
as Adele Salani
Corrado Gaipa
as Badolati
Adolfo Geri
as Del Bueno
Claudio Biava
as Moretti
