1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.

Sergio Castellitto
as Gabriele D'Annunzio

Francesco Patanè
as Giovanni Comini

Tommaso Ragno
as Giancarlo Maroni

Clotilde Courau
as Amélie Mazoyer

Fausto Russo Alesi
as Achille Starace

Massimiliano Rossi
as Commissario Rizzo

Elena Bucci
as Luisa Baccara

Lidiya Liberman
as Lina

Janina Rudenska
as Emy Heufler

Lino Musella
as Carletto