Enrico Bottini, an engineering student, prepares to serve as an officer when Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. At the train station, he meets Garrone, an old friend from elementary school, and begins to reminisce on the values instilled to him by both school and his father.
Luigi Comencini
Maestro Perboni
Maestrina dalla penna rossa
Enrico Bottini
Ing. Bottini
Adriana
Maestro di ginnastica
Enrico bambino
Coretti
Garrone
Precossi
Franti
Vincenzo Crosetti