In 1935, Pietro Spina, a communist intellectual forced to emigrate for political reasons, secretly returns to Italy, driven by nostalgia for his homeland. Under the identity of Don Paolo Spada, a priest recovering from illness, he moves to Pietrasecca, a small village in the mountains of Abruzzo.
Pier Paolo Capponi
Scilla Gabel
Lina Polito
Nino Castelnuovo
Stefano Oppedisano
Anita Laurenzi
Renzo Giovampietro
Gianni Rizzo
Guerrino Crivello
Nino Marchetti
Anna Maestri
Aldo Barberito
Gianni Musy
Diego Michelotti
Armando Furlai
Carlo Bagno
Luciano Roffi