Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the offer he gets from a group of fascists to go in with the Fossatis, a family of anarchists (unknown to him).
Rome 1921: Ulysse, who grew up in an orphanage and has just been discharged from military service, joins the fascist party out of financial necessity. While chasing an anarchist leaflet maker, he meets his daughter and falls in love, his political views change. Nevertheless, he gets into trouble when assassinations are attributed to him that he never carried out.