
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
Pietro Spina

Scilla Gabel
Annina

Lina Polito
Bianchina

Nino Castelnuovo
Luigi Murica

Stefano Oppedisano
Sciatàp figlio

Anita Laurenzi
Berenice

Renzo Giovampietro
L'avvocato Zabaglia

Gianni Rizzo
Il geometra Fagiana