Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather brutally interrogated, and then because he has no idea who he is or where he belongs, he is put into an asylum for the mentally disturbed. After his photograph is published in the newspapers, a woman shows up at the institution claiming that he is Professor Canella, her missing and wealthy husband. The news obtains the release of the amnesiac, but his claim is quickly and hotly contested by another family, arguing that the man is an imposter. As a result, his case goes back to court and in the meantime, the "professor" is put in jail. As the courtroom drama continues, there are various clues that suggest whether or not the amnesiac has been accurately identified and by whom.
Ben Gazzara
as The man with no memory
Giuliana De Sio
as Giulia Canella
Vittorio Caprioli
as Renzo
Franco Fabrizi
as Count Guarienti
Valeria D'Obici
as Camilla Ghidini
Giuliana Calandra
as Maria Gastaldelli
Vincenzo Crocitti
as The Journalist
Enzo Robutti
as Director of the Asylum
