In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regime and beset by debts. In May 1938, Raul kills an old usurer and her sister: not out of necessity, but to investigate the concept of the "right to kill" ... who can motivate it and assume the right?
| Directing | Andrea Bolognini | Director |
| Writing | Luigi Bazzoni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masolino D'Amico | Screenplay |
| Production | Manolo Bolognini | Producer |
| Production | Ferdinando Pinto | Producer |
| Sound | Andrea Morricone | Music |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alessandro Lucidi | Editor |