During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby.
Francisco Rabal
as José Iribarren
Rosita Arenas
as Teresa
Ettore Manni
as Miguel
Milly Vitale
as Lucía
Berta Riaza
as Maritxu
Xan das Bolas
as Cañete
Memmo Carotenuto
as Don Leopoldo Bejarano
Félix de Pomés
as Coronel García Zapata
Santiago Rivero
as Coronel carlista
María Jesús Lara
as
Juan Calvo
as Capellán
Jesús Puente
as Alguacil en Consejo de Guerra