Novel
El duque Daniele (Terence Stamp), ha quedado prendado de Manoela Roderighi (Laura Antonelli) cuando la conoce en un restaurante a donde ésta ha ido a cenar junto a su novio Martino (Michele Placido). Tras haberla convertido en su amante, el duque va a enterarse de que su chica frecuenta un burdel donde es solicitada por un hombre al que él va a querer conocer.
Novel
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
