The Profiteer
| The Profiteer | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Sergio Nasca |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Aquari |
| Music by | Sante Maria Romitelli |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
| Language | Italian |
Il saprofita (internationally released as The Profiteer) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Sergio Nasca.[1] It marked the directorial debut of Nasca and raised some controversies due to its polemic plot and to its violence.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Al Cliver : Ercole
- Valeria Moriconi : The Baroness Clotilda
- Janet Agren : Teresa
- Giancarlo Marinangeli: Parsifal
- Cinzia Bruno: Brunilde
- Leopoldo Trieste : Don Vito
- Rina Franchetti : Bigot
- Nerina Montagnani : The servant of the Holy Man
- Clara Colosimo : Lady at the wake
- Giancarlo Badessi : Superior of the Seminary
- Carlo Monni : General Augusto Bezzi
Plot
[edit]In a small town in Apulia, the seminarian Ercole, who failed to become a priest due to an injury that caused him to lose his speech, is hired as driver and male nurse into a rich and apparently pious family of landowners, and soon became the lover of the beautiful Baroness Clotilde.
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- ^ Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
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