Milan, the last months of WWII. While everything starts to crumble down, RSI police chief Bruno Spada tries to crush the local anti-fascist resistance.
Social & External
The people behind it
Umberto Orsini
Bruno Spada
Laura Morante
Noemi
Gerardo Amato
Partisan leader
Gérard Desarthe
Casella
Maurizio Donadoni
Antonio Fugazza
Massimo Foschi
Giulio Bertani
Bruno Zanin
Bonetti
Senta Berger
Lucia Bertani
Eleonora Giorgi
Magda
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