1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.
Domenico Lopresti
Angelo Cammarota
Cristina di Belgiojoso
Angelo Cammarota (giovane)
Domenico Lopresti (giovane)
Salvatore Tambasco
Felice Orsini
Carlo Poerio
Saverio Tambasco
Don Carmine Lopresti
Antonio Gomez
Carlo Rudio
Sigismondo di Castromediano
Simon Bernard
Ludovico
Giuseppe Mazzini
Antonio Gallenga
Emilie Ashurst
Francesco Crispi
Cristina di Belgiojoso (anziana)
Domenico Lopresti
Angelo Cammarota
Cristina di Belgiojoso
Angelo Cammarota (giovane)
Domenico Lopresti (giovane)
Salvatore Tambasco
Felice Orsini
Carlo Poerio
Saverio Tambasco
Don Carmine Lopresti
Antonio Gomez
Carlo Rudio
Sigismondo di Castromediano
Simon Bernard
Ludovico
Giuseppe Mazzini
Antonio Gallenga
Emilie Ashurst
Francesco Crispi
Cristina di Belgiojoso (anziana)