The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Cast
Stefania Sandrelli
Agnese Ascalone
Saro Urzì
Don Vincenzo Ascalone
Aldo Puglisi
Peppino Califano
Lando Buzzanca
Antonio Ascalone
Lola Braccini
Amalia Califano
Leopoldo Trieste
Barone Rizieri
Umberto Spadaro
il cugino di Ascalone
Paola Biggio
Matilde Ascalone
Rocco D'Assunta
Orlando Califano
Salvatore Fazio
Don Mariano
Oreste Palella
Maresciallo dei carabinieri Polenza
Lina Lagalla
Francesca Ascalone
Gustavo D'Arpe
Avvocato Ciarpetta
Rosetta Urzì
Consolata, la serva di casa Ascalone
Roberta Narbonne
Rosaura Ascalone
Vincenzo Licata
Pasquale Profumo
Attilio Martella
Il pretore
Adelino Campardo
Il brigadiere Bisigato
Italia Spadaro
Zia Carmela
Crew
Pietro Germi
Director, Screenplay, Story
Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay, Story
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Sergio Montanari
Assistant Editor
Giampiero Giunti
Assistant Editor
Aiace Parolin
Director of Photography
Francesco Massaro
First Assistant Director
Renzo Marignano
First Assistant Director
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Antonio Musu
Line Producer
Carlo Egidi
Production Design, Costume Design
Elio Polacchi
Camera Operator
Luigi Barnardini
Assistant Camera
Angela Sammaciccia
Assistant Costume Designer
Angiolina Menichelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Vitaliana Patacca
Hairstylist
Raffaele Cristini
Makeup Artist
Venanzio Biraschi
Sound
Guido Nardone
Sound
Franco Bassi
Sound
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Andrea Fantacci
Set Decoration
Divo Cavicchioli
Still Photographer
Mirta Guarnaschelli
Script Supervisor
Gino Lazzari
Assistant Production Design
Guglielmo Maga
Key Grip
Armando Luzzi
Gaffer
Luigi Giacosi
Production Manager
Marcello Papaleo
Unit Manager
Andrea Petricca
Unit Manager
Luigi Urbini
Conductor
Renato Pieri
Administration
Silvana Benedetti
Production Secretary
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