Without Pity

A determined refugee who travels toward Livorno to find her brother Carlo. She acts with courage and quick thinking, stopping a train to get medical help for Jerry and enduring detention, imprisonment in a convent, and dangerous alliances as she fights to reunite with her sister or lover. Her resourcefulness and resilience define her journey through perilous choices.

A fellow refugee who shelters Angela and helps coordinate their paths to safety. She demonstrates pragmatism and loyalty, arranging a route to the United States and supporting Angela through betrayals and betrayals by others. Her steadiness provides a moral center amid the chaos.

An African‑American army sergeant who is shot on the train and becomes entangled with Angela and Pier Luigi. He refuses bribes, helps Angela, and attempts a daring escape from the prison camp to rescue her, ultimately meeting a tragic fate while trying to secure their future together.

A crafty smuggler who tries to enlist Jerry’s help and then manipulates Angela as part of a black‑market operation. He influences events at the docks and nightclubs, and his willingness to cut deals makes him dangerous and untrustworthy.

A dockside associate tied to Pier Luigi’s operations. He provides access to the smuggling network and helps move people and goods, illustrating how ordinary spaces can become hubs of crime in a war‑torn economy.

Angela’s brother whose fate drives the whole pursuit. His apparent death pushes Angela toward riskier choices and fuels her longing for a future beyond danger and displacement.

Angela’s friend left behind on the journey who is struck down almost as a bystander to the surrounding chaos, highlighting the randomness of violence in the refugees’ world.