Overview

During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.

Genres

Cast

Renzo Ricci

Aroldo Cramoli

Marcella Albani

Leda Astorri

Carlo Ninchi

Marcello Barra

Lia Franca

Dora Bardi

Elio Steiner

Giulio Alberti

Vasco Creti

Giovanni, il cameriere di casa Astorri

Giorgio Bianchi

Lo sconosciuto

Luigi Carini

Presidente del tribunale

Raimondo Van Riel

Procuratore generale

Mercedes Brignone

Un'invitata al ricevimento

Giuseppe Pierozzi

Un giurato

Augusto Bandini