
A young woman who has been seduced and abandoned is led to believe by her former in-laws that their son, whom they sent to an orphanage, is dead. She takes her vows and returns to her homeland after years of missionary work. She learns that her former lover has been killed in a duel and barely has time to see her dying son before he passes away.

Beatrice Mancini
Maria / Suor Francesca
Filippo Scelzo
Giovanni Carani

Emma Gramatica
Marchesa Anastasia Carani
Cesare Barbetti
Il piccolo Cristino

Giuseppe Addobbati
Il marchesino Arnaldo

Elena Altieri
Contessina Clara, moglie di Arnaldo
Adele Garavaglia
Zia Agata

Gildo Bocci
Domenico, il mugnaio

Marcello Giorda
Marini

Emilio Petacci
Il conte, padre di Clara

Gemma Bolognesi
La contessa, madre di Clara

Angelo Dessy
Un maestro del collegio
Massimo Turci
Il piccolo Saverio