After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.
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The people behind it
Marcello Mastroianni
Fulvio Imbriani
Lea Massari
Charlotte
Mimsy Farmer
Francesca
Laura Betti
Esther Imbriani
Claudio Cassinelli
Lionello
Benjamin Lev
Vanni 'Peste' Gavina
Renato De Carmine
Costantino Imbriani
Stanko Molnar
Allonsanfàn
Luisa De Santis
Fiorella Imbriani
Biagio Pelligra
Prete
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