
A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building.
Cast

Shelley Winters
Lea

Max von Sydow
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal

Renato Pozzetto
Stella Kraus / Carabiniere

Alberto Lionello
Berta Maner / Banker

Laura Antonelli
Sandra

Mario Scaccia
Rosario

Franco Branciaroli
Priest Don Onorio

Milena Vukotić
Tina

Rita Tushingham
Maria

Adriana Asti
Palma

Antonio Marsina
Michele

Liù Bosisio
Crippled Neighbor

Maria Monti
Second Neighbor

Giancarlo Badessi
Lisa's Friend
Marco Modugno
Student

Alberto Squillante
Carabiniere

Franco Balducci
Unknown

Gérard Caillaud
Man in Police Station (uncredited)

Catharina Dahlin
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Giovanni Morosi
Man in Church (uncredited)

Regina Bianchi
Lea (voice)
Crew

Mauro Bolognini
Director
Nicola Badalucco
Screenplay, Story

Luciano Vincenzoni
Story

Nino Baragli
Editor
Adelchi Marinangeli
Assistant Editor
Elvira Tonini
Assistant Editor
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Antonio Gabrielli
First Assistant Director
Sandra Riccardi Infascelli
Producer
Fernando Franchi
Line Producer

Danilo Donati
Production Design, Costume Design
Giovanni Natalucci
Production Design
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator

Daniele Nannuzzi
Camera Operator
Alfredo Senzacqua
Camera Operator
Marco Cristiani
Assistant Camera
Gloria Mussetta
Assistant Costume Designer
Agnese Panarotto
Hair Department Head
Ennio Cascioli
Hairstylist
Giancarlo Marin
Hairstylist
Gaspare Carboni
Makeup Department Head
Renato Francola
Assistant Makeup Artist
Alfredo Tiberi
Makeup Artist
Piero Fondi
Sound
Gianni Zampagni
Boom Operator
Adriano Pischiutta
Special Effects

Enzo Jannacci
Original Music Composer
Mario Mazzoni
Still Photographer
Anna Katarina Schapringer
Script Supervisor
Nicola Bucci
Property Master
Giulio Diamanti
Key Grip
Marcello Gabriele
Gaffer
Massimo Alberini
Production Manager
Nefte Riccò
Seamstress
Adriana Mattiozzi
Seamstress
Alfredo Di Santo
Unit Manager
Danilo Martelli
Administration
Rosalba Di Bartolo Tonti
Production Secretary
Filippo Campus
Production Secretary
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