On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death in Sarajewo. His assassination caused a chain of events that brought about World War I and the downfall of old Europe. Who is the assassin? Who is GAVRE PRINCIP, a man that fate brought into the center of world attention. The subject of the film is not the historical background but rather the psychological makeup of PRINCIP at the age of seventeen.

Cast

Robert Munic

Sinolichka Trpkova

Michele Melega

Alan Cox

Hartmut Becker

Alexis Arquette

Milan

Philippe Léotard

Reuben Pillsbury

Christopher Chaplin