A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadentismo, was beginning to take shape, the film focuses on D'Annunzio's life when he was already an established poet and journalist in Rome. A staunch opponent of democracy and commoners, he searches for passion and pleasure among the wealthy and noble. One such noblewoman Elvira Fraternali Leoni, serves as the muse for his first novel - The Pleasure (Il Piacere).
as Gabriele D'Annunzio
as Elvira Fraternali Leoni
as Michetti
as Clo Albrini
as Maria Cruyllas di Gravina
as Maria di Gallese
as Olga Ossani
as Ercole Leoni
as Edoardo Scarfoglio
as De Bosis
as Viola
as Fuchs
