Renato Malavasi

A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.

Dying industrialist's family competes for inheritance through deceit. Ex-convict butler hired by half-sister undermines wife, pretends homosexuality. Women try seducing him. Twist reveals power dynamics after industrialist's death.

Music lessons crescendo with a love affair as a young Franz Schubert tutors a countess in Budapest.Then her fiance challenges the composer to a duel.