Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Timothy Dalton
as King Vittorio Amadeo
Valeria Golino
as Jeanne de Luynes
Stéphane Freiss
as Comte di Verua
Robin Renucci
as Charles de Luynes
Margaret Tyzack
as La Comtesse douairière
Eleanor David
as La Reine
Paul Crauchet
as Le Duc de Luynes
Leonardo Ruta
as Le Prince Vittorio
Federico Pacifici
as 1st Courtier