An elderly man found wandering with transient global amnesia, he remembers only the name Simone and is taken in by Giovanna and Filippo. His memories gradually reveal that he is Davide Veroli, who once loved Simone and chose to warn others of the Nazis rather than search for his beloved. After recovering his identity, he helps Giovanna consider her work, marriage, and family.
Paolo is the tormented father and head of the bourgeois family. The Visitor cares for and comforts him, exposing the emotional emptiness beneath his social position. Afterward, Paolo gives his factory to its workers, abandons his possessions and clothes, and wanders naked across Mount Etna in primal despair.
A German general who is targeted by Wolf and Heinz in a political plot. His homosexuality is exposed and publicly ruined, forcing him to flee both Berlin and Germany to escape the Nazi morality campaign.
Licinio is the deceased king whose death triggers the succession. Arminio is his biological son, secretly swapped at birth and raised in the forest. He returns to compete in Sedemondo's tournament, fulfilling the prophecy to claim the kingdom.
King of Corinth who fears Medea's wrath and magic. He banishes her but grants a one-day delay for her preparations. Later dies by leaping from the city walls after embracing his poisoned daughter, Glauce.
Peter's uncle who hosts him in Austria and shares the family's dark history. Initially skeptical of the Baron's return, he eventually aids Peter and Eva in seeking help from a medium and confronting the Baron in his castle, where he is briefly tortured before being rescued.
Sebastian is a centurion of the Praetorian Guard who is denounced as a Christian during the persecutions. He dies as a martyr, illustrating the danger faced by Christians in Rome. His fate is part of the wider persecution that follows Senator Fabius Severus's murder and forms a parallel to Rhual's sentence in the arena.
Livia's cousin and an Italian nationalist, Roberto organizes the protest against the Austrian occupation at the opera house. Franz's actions send him into exile, after which Roberto plans to use money held by Livia to support the partisans fighting Austria, funds she instead gives to Franz.
Marco's father, whom Marco defends against insults from the Venetian merchant Spinello. Nicolo later reunites with Marco during the journey, but Mongol riders capture him when the caravan is attacked. Kublai Khan promises Marco that he will try to find Nicolo.
Romagna is identified as one of the expedition's would-be rescuers and appears among the figures arrayed against Nobile in the imagined inquiry. His role represents the rescue effort and its judgment of Nobile, although the plot provides no further action or personal relationship for him.
General Leclerc is Napoleon's friend and the husband Napoleon arranges for Pauline. She follows him on the expedition to Saint-Domingue. Although initially unconcerned about fidelity, Pauline begins to love Leclerc just as he is dying of yellow fever.
A struggling car dealer and Paola's former lover. He reunites with Paola, engages in a passionate affair, and initially agrees to murder her husband for financial gain, but ultimately changes his mind at the crucial moment.
Massimo Girotti has 101 screen credits in a career dating back to 1939. Their work is anchored in the Mark Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Facing Windows, Lieutenant Giorgio, Dora Nelson. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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