Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.
Cast
Daliah Lavi
Purificazione (Purif)
Frank Wolff
Antonio
Anna Maria Aveta
Sister Angela
Tiziana Casetti
Agata
Dario Dolci
Don Tommaso
Franca Mazzoni
The Mother Superior
María Teresa Orsini
Nun
Rossana Rovere
Antonio's Wife
Luciana Angiolillo
La Signora di Craco (uncredited)
Andrea Bosic
Priest (uncredited)
Nino Castelnuovo
Buca (uncredited)
Maria Ciriello
(uncredited)
Giovanni Cristofanelli
Padre Tommaso (uncredited)
Francesca Farinacci
(uncredited)
Laura Nucci
La Madre di Purif (uncredited)
Luca Pascarella
(uncredited)
Lea Russo
(uncredited)
Nicola Tagliacozzo
Uncle Giuseppe (uncredited)
Crew
Brunello Rondi
Director, Screenplay, Story
Luciano Martino
Screenplay, Producer
Ugo Guerra
Screenplay, Producer
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Tommasina Desideri
Assistant Editor
Carlo Bellero
Director of Photography
Paolo Bianchini
First Assistant Director
Renata Paulucci
Second Assistant Director
Sergio Martino
Second Assistant Director
Federico Magnaghi
Producer
Elio Scardamaglia
Line Producer
Gaetano Valle
Camera Operator
Guglielmo Vincioni
Assistant Camera
Anna Maria Palleri
Costume Design
Franco Freda
Makeup Artist
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
Andrea Fantacci
Set Decoration
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Giovanfrancesco Fantacci
Script Supervisor
Paolo Giovanardi
Production Manager
Libero Balduini
Unit Manager
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