
The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
Francesca da Rimini
Gianciotto Malatesta
Paolo Malatesta
Count Guido

King's Astrologer
Ornella
Il giullare di corte
Servitore (uncredited)
La Madre Badessa
Capitan Manfredi