Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestDuring World War II, 22-year-old Carabinieri deputy brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto makes an heroic gesture of self-sacrifice by "confessing" an act of sabotage for which 22 civilians had been rounded up by the Germans, and is executed by firing squad in their place on September 23, 1943.
Acting
Fiorello's face contains multitudes—watch his eyes choose doom
Production
Sironi recreates 1943 Lazio with oppressive authenticity
Giuseppe Fiorello
Salvo D'Acquisto
Luigi Maria Burruano
Maggiore Spada
Biancamaria D'Amato
Irene Jannone
Domenico Balsamo
Guido Jannone
Eugenia Costantini
Lucia
Giovanni Esposito
Walter
Nicola Di Pinto
Zio Oscar
Helmut Hagen
Comandante Block
Michele Nani
Massimo Reale
Martuccelli
Giuseppe Soleri
Salvi
Maria Pia Calzone
Gloria
Ciro Capano
Padre di Salvo
Nunzia Schiano
Madre di Salvo
Elio Veller
Prete
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Salvo D'Acquisto was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020, making this officially Vatican-approved tearjerker material.
Sironi modeled the interrogation scenes on actual Carabinieri testimonies discovered in 2001, making the German commander's bureaucratic cruelty historically documented.
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