The story takes plays during the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village. Local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant.

Märta Torén
as Maddalena

Gino Cervi
as Don Vincenzo

Charles Vanel
as Giovanni Lamberti

Jacques Sernas
as Giovanni Belloni

Folco Lulli
as Domenico

Valentine Tessier
as Geltrude

Isa Querio
as Luisa

Germana Paolieri
as

Rosario Borelli
as

Bianca Doria
as Rosa