The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.
Vojtěch Dyk
as Josef Mysliveček
Barbara Ronchi
as Caterina Gabrielli
Elena Radonicich
as Marchioness
Lana Vlady
as Anna Fracassati
Dario Lubatti
as Carlo Fracassati, Anna's brother
Antonio De Matteo
as Baron Manciniani, Anna's husband
Diego Pagotto
as Orfeo Crispi
Alberto Cracco
as Count Finocchietti
Pietro Tammaro
as Impresario Santoro
Federica Vecchio
as Cornelia Rezzi
Fabrizio Parenti
as Cornelia's father
Achille Brugnini
as Noble Falier
