The words of Ventotene(Le parole di Ventotene)

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. He co-authored the document on cigarette papers with another prisoner, Altiero Spinelli, who later would become a leading European politician and gave the name to one of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels.