"A lieutenant spends a night of love with a mysterious woman. After a few years he discovers that the woman was married to an invalid and that the meeting had been organized to ensure an heir for the family"
Massimo Girotti
as Tenente Giorgio Biserta
Milly Vitale
as Contessa Elisa di Monserrato
Gualtiero Tumiati
as Don Girolamo Rivera
Paul Müller
as Conte Stefano di Monserrato
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Barone di Polia
Teresa Franchini
as Amalia
Rita Livesi
as Marianna
Achille Millo
as Baroncino di Polia
Ludmilla Dudarova
as Cugina di Elisa
Nino Pavese
as Cafiero, il tutore
Franca Gretel
as La piccola Ninuccia
Enzo Fiermonte
as Antonio Esposito (uncredited)
Ada Colangeli
as Caterina (uncredited)
Aldo Nicodemi
as Tenente amico di Giorgio (uncredited)
Enzo Biliotti
as Il notaio Piovenda (uncredited)
Michele Malaspina
as Medico (uncredited)
Corrado Nardi
as Michele Carbonelli (uncredited)
Carlo Delle Piane
as Il postiglione (uncredited)
Giovanni Onorato
as Un contadino (uncredited)
Mario Galli
as (uncredited)
Liliana Gerace
Marika Rowsky
Raffaello Matarazzo
Director
Leo Cevenini
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Franco Villa
Camera Operator
Piero Filippone
Production Design
Luciano Trasatti
Cinematography
Dina Di Bari
Costume Design
Dino De Laurentiis
Vittorio Martino
Salvatore Allegra
Music
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Nicola Misasi
Novel
Carlo Montuori
Aldo De Benedetti
Writer
Goffredo Bellisario