
Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
Cast

Martin Halm
Ernesto

Michele Placido
The man

Virna Lisi
Ernesto's Mother

Turi Ferro
Carlo Wilder

Lara Wendel
Ilio / Rachele

Gisela Hahn
Signora Luzzato, Mother of Ilio and Rachele

Stefano Madia
Ernesto's friend Andrea

Francisco Marsó
Uncle Giovanni
Miranda Nocelli
Prostitute Sandra

Concha Velasco
Aunt Regina

Renato Salvatori
Cesco

Marco Guadagno
Ilio (voice) (uncredited)

Enrique San Francisco
(uncredited)
Enrique Vivó
(uncredited)
Crew

Salvatore Samperi
Director, Writer, Producer

Barbara Alberti
Writer
Amedeo Pagani
Writer
José Luis Martínez Mollá
Co-Writer

Peter Berling
Co-Writer
Umberto Saba
Novel
Sergio Montanari
Editor
Roberto Gianandrea
Assistant Editor
Roberto Puglisi
Assistant Editor
Camillo Bazzoni
Director of Photography
Carlo La Bella
Color Timer

Giorgio Basile
First Assistant Director
Luisa Gamba
Second Assistant Director
Inga Seyric
Assistant Director
Giulio Dini
Production Supervisor
Marco Tamburella
Producer
José Frade
Producer
Ezio Altieri
Production Design, Costume Design
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Stefano Ricciotti
Assistant Camera
Giorgio Urbinelli
Assistant Camera
Christiana Lafayette
Costume Design
Elda Magnanti
Hairstylist
Goffredo Calisse
Assistant Makeup Artist
Giuliano Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Vincenzo Dazzi
Assistant Art Director
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Giorgio Pallotta
Sound
Maurizio Merli
Boom Operator
Carmelo Bernaola
Music, Conductor
Antonio Cortés
Set Decoration
Angelo Samperi
Still Photographer
Eleonora Pallottini
Script Supervisor
Maurizio Micalizzi
Key Grip
Domizio Ercolani
Gaffer
Ugo Persichetti Auteri
Production Manager
Marcello Crescenzi
Assistant Production Manager
Bertilla Silvestrin
Tailor
Fernanda Zuccherofino
Tailor



















