An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).
Social & External
The people behind it
Ottavia Piccolo
Margherita 'Tina' Tellini
Lino Toffolo
Giovanni Boscolo 'Bissa'
Rodolfo Baldini
Lino
Mario Adorf
Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca
Senta Berger
Countess Spodani
Gabriele Ferzetti
Vasco
Franco Marletta
Verzini
Daniele Dublino
Priest
Ricky Gianco
Barman
Sergio Cesca
Inspector Cesca
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