The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. The piece of news is in a letter written from Paris by their father, a womaniser who lives and hides from them in the French headtown. The pair decide, to avoid the scandal, to live as brother and sister. He will later leave for the war in Lybia, she will find solace and sexual satisfaction in the arms of the family chauffeur.

Credits

Luigi ComenciniDirector

Laura AntonelliEugenia di Maqueda

Alberto LionelloRaimondo Corrao, marchese di Maqueda

Michele PlacidoSilvanno Pennacchini, l'autista

Jean RochefortBarone Henri de Sarcey