Carla Tatò

The story takes place during the Italian Revolution of 1848.

This Italian political satire explores a fictional attempted military/right-wing takeover of Italy. Grifondi (Ugo Tognazzi) is the main plotter in this scheme, but he also has the support of the police and the military. There was another, more sinister group waiting for just such an event, and when the first coup fails, the second one begins. Interestingly, this was the first film funded by Italnoleggio, a nationally supported production company. (Allmovie.com)

The chief editor of an italian conservative newspaper exploits the murder of a young woman in order to influence the results of the upcoming elections.