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...
Director: Mauro Bolognini
Screenplay: Luigi Bazzoni, Mauro Bolognini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Ugo Pirro
Director of Photography: Ennio Guarnieri
Producer: Gianni Hecht Lucari