Through flashbacks we learn that Balsamo was a French gypsy boy who endured much hardship .
( Raymond Burr ) the story of Joseph Balsamo ( Orson Welles ) aka Cagliostro .
Through flashbacks we learn that Joseph Balsamo was a French Joseph Balsamo   who endured much hardship .
( Raymond Burr ) the story of Joseph Balsamo ( Orson Welles ) aka Cagliostro .