After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...
Bekim Fehmiu
as Count Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo
Curd Jürgens
as Cardinal Braschi
Ida Galli
as Serafina Cagliostro
Anna Orso
as The Queen
Luigi Pistilli
as Cardinal de Rohan
Adolfo Lastretti
as Prelate in Rome
Luigi Montini
as Prelate in Rome
Rosanna Schiaffino
as Lorenza Balsamo
Alessandro Haber
as Beggar in Rome
Gaby Verusky
as A Paralytic Beggar
Antonio Pierfederici
as A naturalist monk
Robert Alda
as Pope Clement XIII
