Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing. Student Arthur Burton is involved in the activities of the underground organization “Young Italy”, envies its leader, Giovanni Bolla, and is jealous of his bride Gemma. He talks about this at a confession to a priest, as a result of which gendarmes take revolutionaries under arrest...
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| Production | Iosif Shapiro | Producer |
| Production | Ye. Vishneskaya | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Alexandr Faintsimmer | Director |
| Writing | Ethel LIlian Voynich | Novel |
| Production | A. Tubenshiyak | Associate Producer |
| Production | A. Abramov | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Viktor Shklovskiy | Writer |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Evgeny Eney | Production Design |
| Sound | Ilya Volk | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berta Manevich | Costume Design |
| Camera | Andrey Moskvin | Director of Photography |
