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At 18, the beautiful and intelligent Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party and may remember the slight. She falls in love with Leo, the son of an aristocrat, who gets into political trouble and never gets out.
Cast
Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi, Emilio Cigoli, Giovanni Grasso, Annibale Betrone, Elvira Betrone, Sennuccio Benelli, Cesarina Gheraldi, Silvia Manto
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