The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
as Agnese Ascalone
as Don Vincenzo Ascalone
as Peppino Califano
as Antonio Ascalone
as Amalia Califano
as Barone Rizieri
as il cugino di Ascalone
as Matilde Ascalone
as Orlando Califano
as Don Mariano
as Maresciallo dei carabinieri Polenza
as Francesca Ascalone
as Avvocato Ciarpetta
as Consolata, la serva di casa Ascalone
as Rosaura Ascalone
as Pasquale Profumo
as Il pretore
as Il brigadiere Bisigato
as Zia Carmela