A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.

Silvana Mangano
as Giovanna Masetti

Michael Rennie
as Enrico Marisoni

Vittorio Gassman
as Mario Rossi

Shelley Winters
as Toni Salerno

Katherine Dunham
as Katherine Dunham

Mary Clare
as La contessa Luisa Marisoni

Eduardo Ciannelli
as Il padre di Giovanna (as Edoardo Cianelli)

Julie Robinson
as Marisa, la ballerina amica di Giovanna

Walter Zappolini
as Un ballerino

Xiomara Alfaro
as Singer