Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is an unscrupulous and beautiful woman, in love with Andrea Pieri, a patriot ready to do anything to free Italy from the foreign oppressor. Wounded during a chase, Pieri takes refuge in the castle of Virginia, which, with the approval of her husband, Count Francesco Verasis of Castiglione, takes care of him. Meanwhile, Nigra, in charge of the affairs of the Kingdom of Piedmont in Paris, discovers the relations of the countess with the subversives and sees in her the perfect tool to bring Napoleon closer to the Italian cause.
Marco Messeri
as Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Jeanne Moreau
as Principessa Sisi Altieri
Sergio Rubini
as Costantino Nigra
Frédéric van den Driessche
as Imperatore Napoleone III
Francesca Dellera
as Virginia Oldoini Verasis, contessa di Castiglione
Christopher Thompson
as Andrea Pieri
Andrea Tidona
as Prefetto Donadieu
Goya Toledo
as Imperatrice Eugenia
Toni Garrani
as Rothschild
Sergio Assisi
as Francesco Verasis, conte di Castiglione
Claire Nebout
as Matilde Bonaparte
