A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.

• Titanus
• Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
• Sophia Loren
• Maximilian Schell
• Fredric March
• Robert Wagner
• Françoise Prévost
• Gabriele Tinti
• Rolf Tasna
• Michela Ricciardi