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
Metello Salani
Ottavia Piccolo
Ersilia
Frank Wolff
Betto
Tina Aumont
Idina
Lucia Bosè
Viola
Pino Colizzi
Renzoli
Mariano Rigillo
Olindo Tinai
Luigi Diberti
Lippi
Manuela Andrei
Adele Salani
Corrado Gaipa
Badolati
Adolfo Geri
Del Bueno
Claudio Biava
Moretti
Franco Balducci
Chellini
Steffen Zacharias
Pallesi
Sergio Ciulli
Unknown
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Unknown
Piero Morgia
Facchino
Gabriele Lavia
Un carcerato
Crew
Mauro Bolognini
Director, Screenplay
Luigi Bazzoni
Screenplay
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Ugo Pirro
Screenplay
Vasco Pratolini
Novel
Nino Baragli
Editor
Vincenzo Tonini
Assistant Editor
Elvira Tonini
Assistant Editor
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Umberto Angelucci
First Assistant Director
Mauro Cappelloni
First Assistant Director
Fausto Saraceni
Executive Producer
Gianni Hecht Lucari
Producer
Pier Luigi Samaritani
Production Design, Costume Design
Guido Josia
Production Design
Sergio Salvati
Camera Operator
Alessandro Ruzzolini
Assistant Camera
Francesca Romana Cofano
Assistant Costume Designer
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Vittorio Biseo
Makeup Artist
Massimo Iabone
Sound
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Claudio Saraceni
Accountant
Claudio De Santis
Set Decoration
Renato Jaboni
Production Manager
Agostino Pane
Unit Manager
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Sergio Setacci
Production Secretary
Paolo Vandini
Production Secretary
