Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
as Aldo Piscitello
as Rosina Piscitello
as Il podestà
as Giovanni Piscitello
as Elena Piscitello
as Il nonnino
as Il farmacista
as Il federale
as Maria, the pharmacist's niece
as Mascoli
as Sacchi
as Fegarotta
as Rapisarda
as Riccardo, the Baron's son
as Cascarà
as Il Ministro
as Turi
as Elena (voice)
as Narrator, Italian original version
