Plot
The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties.
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
as Hoederer
Giuliana De Sio
as Jessica
Giovanni Visentin
as Hugo
Pietro Biondi
as Louis
Omero Antonutti
as Karski
Massimo Foschi
as Principe Paul
Anna Maria Gherardi
as Olga