

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Marcello Mastroianni
Professor Sinigaglia

Renato Salvatori
Raoul

Gabriella Giorgelli
Adele

Folco Lulli
Pautasso

Bernard Blier
Martinetti

Raffaella Carrà
Bianca

François Périer
Maestro Di Meo

Vittorio Sanipoli
Baudet

Mario Pisu
Manager

Kenneth Kove
Luigi