"What makes a nice girl die in a place like this?"
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
Social & External
The people behind it
Anita Strindberg
Hilda
Eva Czemerys
Mother S.
Jenny Tamburi
Daniela Vinci
Cristina Gaïoni
Religious prisoner
Gabriella Giorgelli
Prisoner from Bologna
Bedy Moratti
Pyromaniac
Umberto Raho
Daniela's lawyer
Massimo Serato
Warden
Elisa Mainardi
Prison Matron
Franco Fantasia
Chief-inspector
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