The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
as Francesca da Rimini
as Gianciotto Malatesta
as Paolo Malatesta
as Count Guido
as King's Astrologer
as Ornella
as Il giullare di corte
as Servitore (uncredited)
as La Madre Badessa
as Capitan Manfredi
as Capitano Usodimare
as Capitan Verucchio
