Overview

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics and the activities of his father, a well known liberal social reformer, than the actual crime itself.

Details

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini

Catherine Deneuve

Fernando Rey

Tina Aumont

Rina Morelli

Ettore Manni

Paolo Bonacelli

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Lino Troisi

Laura Betti