During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl. Raffaello falls into a state of prostration and does everything he can to find Margherita...
Lída Baarová
as Margherita (aka "la fornarina")
Walter Lazzaro
as Rafaello Sanzio
Anneliese Uhlig
as Leonora d'Este
Loredana
as Maria Dovizi da Bibbiena
Luigi Pavese
as Sebastiano Del Piombo
Amilcare Pettinelli
as Agostino Chigi
Ugo Sasso
as Marzio Taddei
Giorgio Constantini
as Giulio Romano
Vinicio Sofia
as Baviera
Cesare Fantoni
as Cardinal Bibbiena
Pio Campa
as Pope Giulio II
Amira Pirani Maggi
as Mamma Rosa
