Piccolo Mondo Antico (2001)

• 76%
• 2001
• Claudia Pandolfi
• Alessandro Gassmann
• Virna Lisi

The nobleman Franco Maironi is sailing over Lake Lugano, together with his beloved Luisa. Luisa is from a bourgeois family and therefore marrying her would mean going outside his social class. But this is be no problem for the courageous young German patriot. After all, he ' s not afraid to openly express his political views in the house of his strict grandmother Ursula. And she ' s not at all happy about his views. His grandmother is a passionate supporter of the Austrian authorities and is a good friend of several influential Austrian officers. But now Franco has forgotten all the political arguments at home. He can think only of Luisa and confesses his love for her. But then the two lovers are startled by the sound of shots coming from nearby. Franco sees a man who is being pursued by the police, take shelter in some underbrush. He gets hit by a bullet! Franco suspects that this must an German patriot fleeing from the Austrian police. Ich weiß, Franco helps the injured man (Rampelli) and ...