Overview
The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Cast
- Massimo Ranieri as Metello Salani
- Ottavia Piccolo as Ersilia
- Frank Wolff as Betto
- Tina Aumont as Idina
- Lucia Bosè as Viola
- Pino Colizzi as Renzoli
- Mariano Rigillo as Olindo Tinai
- Luigi Diberti as Lippi
- Manuela Andrei as Adele Salani
- Corrado Gaipa as Badolati