In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.
Director: Luigi Magni
Producer: Franco Committeri
Director of Photography: Danilo Desideri
Writer: Luigi Magni
Monsignor Colombo
Cesare Costa
la comtesse Flaminia
le pape noir
Il conte Ottavio
Teresa
Perpetuo
Maria Tognetti