Salvo D'Acquisto

During World War II, 22-year-old Carabinieri deputy brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto makes an heroic gesture of self-sacrifice by "confessing" an act of sabotage for which 22 civilians had been rounded up by the Germans, and is executed by firing squad in their place on September 23, 1943.

Cast

Giuseppe Fiorello

Salvo D'Acquisto

Luigi Maria Burruano

Maggiore Spada

Biancamaria D'Amato

Irene Jannone

Domenico Balsamo

Guido Jannone

Eugenia Costantini

Lucia

Giovanni Esposito

Walter

Nicola Di Pinto

Zio Oscar

Helmut Hagen

Comandante Block

Michele Nani

Massimo Reale

Martuccelli