The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. The piece of news is in a letter written from Paris by their father, a womaniser who lives and hides from them in the French headtown. The pair decide, to avoid the scandal, to live as brother and sister. He will later leave for the war in Lybia, she will find solace and sexual satisfaction in the arms of the family chauffeur.
Laura Antonelli
Eugenia di Maqueda
Alberto Lionello
Raimondo Corrao, marchese di Maqueda
Michele Placido
Silvanno Pennacchini, l'autista
Jean Rochefort
Barone Henri de Sarcey
Ugo Pagliai
Ruggero Di Maqueda
Rosemary Dexter
Florida, madre di Eugenia
Karin Schubert
Evelyn
Michele Abruzzo
Don Pacifico
