In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.

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Luigi MagniDirector

Nino ManfrediMonsignor Colombo

Danilo MatteiCesare Costa

Carmen Scarpittala comtesse Flaminia

Salvo Randonele pape noir