
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

as Giorgio Rosa

as Gabriella

as Franco Restivo

as Jean Baptiste Toma'

as W.R. Neumann

as Giovanni Leone

as Maurizio Orlandini

as Monsieur Carlozzi

as Bruno Spaggiari

as Ulisse Rosa

as Pietro Bernardini

as Franca

as Poliziotto


as The reporter

as Carlo

as Cardinale Emanuele Nunziante

as Francesco Cossiga

as Giulio Andreotti

as Naval officer Malta

as Giacinto Piazza

as Gary

as Radar officer

as Rosa