Corruption

Stefano is a shy and sensitive teenager who has just completed his studies in Switzerland and is considering becoming a monk. But his father, a rich Milanese publisher, who had the ambition to see his son succeed him, refuses and takes him on a cruise with a young woman to take this idea out of his mind...

Cast

Alain Cuny

as Leonardo Mattioli

Rosanna Schiaffino

as Adriana

Jacques Perrin

as Stefano Mattioli

Isa Miranda

as Mrs. Mattioli

Filippo Scelzo

as rector of the college

Ennio Balbo

as Morandi

Anna Glori

as Gianna, Mattioli's secretary

Wando Tres

as literature professor

Marcella Valeri

as nurse-nun in the clinic

Bruno Cattaneo

as Bruno, storekeeper

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