A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Marcello Clerici
Stefania Sandrelli
as Giulia
Gastone Moschin
as Manganiello
Dominique Sanda
as Anna Quadri
Enzo Tarascio
as Professor Quadri
Fosco Giachetti
as The Colonel
José Quaglio
as Italo Montanari
Yvonne Sanson
as Giulia's Mother
Milly
as Marcello's Mother
Antonio Maestri
as Confessor
Alessandro Haber
as Drunk Blind Man
Luciano Rossi
as Blind Blond
