"Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by the wickedness of the powerful Don Rodrigo, who secretly loves Lucia. The two run away from Lake Como where they live, and take refuge inland."
Gil Vidal
as Renzo Tramaglino
María Silva
as Lucia Mondella
Carlo Campanini
as Don Abbondio
Ivo Garrani
as L'Innominato
Lilla Brignone
as Perpetua
Umberto Raho
as Padre Cristoforo
Arturo Dominici
as Cardinale Federigo Borromeo
Ilaria Occhini
as La monaca di Monza
Paolo Carlini
as Egidio
Manuel Monroy
as Don Rodrigo
Amália Rodrigues
as
Miguel del Castillo
Antonio Riquelme
Juan Cortés
Lorenzo Robledo
Nando Angelini
José María Tasso
José Moreno
Alfonso Rojas
Gastone Moschin
as Narrator (voice)
Ángel Álvarez
as (uncredited)
Maria Piazzai
Mario Maffei
Director
Renata Clerici
Script Supervisor
Marcella Bevilacqua
Assistant Editor
Torquato Carocci
Production Secretary
Franco Lolli
Production Design
Giuliana Attenni
Editor
Italo Fava
Makeup Artist
Rodolfo Mecacci
Emo Bistolfi
Producer
Italia Marini
Hairstylist
Gastone Di Giovanni
Camera Operator
Julio Ortas
Director of Photography
Angelo Amatulli
Boom Operator
Angelo Lannutti
Assistant Camera
Maria Luisa Panaro
Costume Design
Eduardo Manzanos
Screenplay
Vittorio Vighi
Kurt Doubrowsky
Sound
Alberto Giommarelli
Unit Manager
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
José Mallorquí
Mario Guerra
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Maria Luisa Garoppo
Alessandro Manzoni
Novel
Tino Santoni