Overview

After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...

Genres

Cast

Bekim Fehmiu

Count Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo

Curd Jürgens

Cardinal Braschi

Ida Galli

Serafina Cagliostro

Anna Orso

The Queen

Luigi Pistilli

Cardinal de Rohan

Luigi Montini

Prelate in Rome

Rosanna Schiaffino

Lorenza Balsamo

Alessandro Haber

Beggar in Rome

Antonio Pierfederici

A naturalist monk

Robert Alda

Pope Clement XIII

Massimo Girotti

Giacomo Casanova

Franco Ressel

Morandi, News editor