
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.
Il conte Ottavio

Giovannella Grifeo
Teresa

Carlo Bagno
Perpetuo

Gabriella Giacobbe
Maria Tognetti

Camillo Milli
Don Marino

Rosalino Cellamare
Gaetano Tognetti
Nino Dal Fabbro
Il presidente

Renata Zamengo
Lucia Monti