A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

• Marianne Productions
• Maran Film
• Jean-Louis Trintignant
• Stefania Sandrelli
• Gastone Moschin
• Dominique Sanda
• Enzo Tarascio
• Fosco Giachetti
• José Quaglio
• Yvonne Sanson