"An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian."
Leonardo Cortese
as Count Franco Amidei
María Mercader
as Mariella Dominiani
Carla Del Poggio
as Caterinetta Bellelli
Fausto Guerzoni
as Tiepolo, the guardian of the convent
Elvira Betrone
as La madre superiora
Dina Romano
as Suor Ignazia
Clara Auteri Pepe
as Geltrude Corbetti
Olga Vittoria Gentilli
as the Marquise Dominiani
Federico Collino
as Giacinto Bellelli
Vittorio De Sica
as Nino Bixio
Armando Migliari
as Raimondo Bellelli
Lamberto Picasso
as Giovanni Bellelli
Achille Majeroni
as Il governatore
Adele Mosso
as Old Caterinetta
Evelina Paoli
as Old Mariella
Mario Borghi
Producer
Renato Angiolillo
Story
Giuseppe Zucca
Screenplay
Director
Margherita Maglione
Adolfo Franci
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Alberto Fusi
Director of Photography
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Baldassarre Negroni
Production Manager
Gianni Trapanese
Unit Manager
Production Supervisor
Mario Giuseppe Paoletti
Makeup Artist
Michele Gandin
Assistant Director
Art Direction
Mario Morante
Alberto Vecchietti