Ersilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the daughter of Consul Grotti she is wooed by Franco but soon after seduced by the very consul who drives her away after his daughter loses her life due to Ersilia's distraction. Because of economic difficulties she falls lower and lower until she meets Ludovico with whom she can perhaps hope for sincere love again. The consul's return, however, will lead her toward a tragic ending.
Gabriele Ferzetti
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Pierre Brasseur
Frank Latimore
Jacqueline Porel
Micheline Francey
Manlio Busoni
Paolo Ferrara
Luigi Gambardella
Pina Lenti
Jacqueline Marbaux
Giulia Pittaluga
Valerio Ruggeri
Edda Soligo
Laura Torchio
Aldo Vasco
Nino Vingelli