Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics and the activities of his father, a well known liberal social reformer, than the actual crime itself.
Giancarlo Giannini
as Tullio Murri
Catherine Deneuve
as Linda Murri
Fernando Rey
as Prof. Murri
Tina Aumont
as Rosa Bonetti
Rina Morelli
as Giannina Murri
Ettore Manni
as Dott. Carlo Secchi
Paolo Bonacelli
as Francesco Bonmartini
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
as Riccardo Murri
Lino Troisi
as Il giornalista
Laura Betti
as Tisa Borghi
Corrado Pani
as Pio Naldi
Marcel Bozzuffi
as Giudice Stanzani
