A young woman who has been seduced and abandoned is led to believe by her former in-laws that their son, whom they sent to an orphanage, is dead. She takes her vows and returns to her homeland after years of missionary work. She learns that her former lover has been killed in a duel and barely has time to see her dying son before he passes away.
as Maria / Suor Francesca
as Giovanni Carani
as Marchesa Anastasia Carani
as Il piccolo Cristino
as Il marchesino Arnaldo
as Contessina Clara, moglie di Arnaldo
as Zia Agata
as Domenico, il mugnaio
as Marini
as Il conte, padre di Clara
as La contessa, madre di Clara
as Un maestro del collegio
as Il piccolo Saverio
