Drama set in Milan in 1858. Dr. Antonio Ansperti from Como, implicated in the clandestine activities of the Young Italy revolutionary movement, is arrested by the Austrian authorities. After a trial he is sentenced to death and executed, in spite of efforts by his countryman Count Lamberti to intervene on his behalf with the Governor of Milan.
as Giuditta Ansperti
as Mrs. Dollman
as Varzis, officer
as Mrs. Pochini
as Countess Lamberti
as Tito Ansperti
as Baraffini
as Anna
as Cesky, il segretario del governatore di Milano
as Vitaliano Lamberti
as General Rienz