During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl. Raffaello falls into a state of prostration and does everything he can to find Margherita...

• Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.
• Lída Baarová
• Walter Lazzaro
• Anneliese Uhlig
• Loredana
• Luigi Pavese
• Amilcare Pettinelli
• Ugo Sasso
• Giorgio Constantini