
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.

as Monsignor Colombo

as Cesare Costa

as la comtesse Flaminia

as le pape noir

as Il conte Ottavio

as Teresa

as Perpetuo

as Maria Tognetti

as Don Marino

as Gaetano Tognetti

as Il presidente

as Lucia Monti

as Giuseppe Monti

as Un giudice de la Sacra Consulta

as Un giudice de la Sacra Consulta