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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.
Aldo Piscitello
Rosina Piscitello
Il podestà
Giovanni Piscitello
Elena Piscitello
Il nonnino
Il farmacista
Il federale
Maria, the pharmacist's niece
Mascoli
Sacchi
Fegarotta
Rapisarda
Riccardo, the Baron's son
Cascarà
Il Ministro
Turi
Elena (voice)
Narrator, Italian original version