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Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
Keywords
suicide
confession
sin
religion
sexual repression
Casts
Gian Maria Volonté
M.
Marcello Mastroianni
Don Gaetano
Mariangela Melato
Giacinta
Ciccio Ingrassia
Voltrano
Franco Citti
Autista di M.
Cesare Gelli
Arras
Michel Piccoli
Lui
Renato Salvatori
Dr. Scalambri
Tino Scotti
Il cuoco
Adriano Amidei Migliano
Capra-Profiri
Giancarlo Badessi
Ventre
Marion Bartoli
Primogenito Lombo
Nito Costa
Prete giovane
Guerrino Crivello
Speaker TV
Marcella Di Falco
Saccà
Giulio Donnini
Bastante
Aldo Farina
Restrero
Giuseppe Leone
Martellini
Renato Malavasi
Michelozzi
Riccardo Mangano
Cardinal Beccarisi
Piero Mazzinghi
Caprarozza
Lino Murolo
Mozio
Piero Nuti
Schiavò
Loris Pereira Lopez
Lombo sr.
Riccardo Satta
Lomazzo
Luigi Uzzo
Aldo Lombo
Luigi Zerbinati
Caudo
Crews
Elio Petri
Director
Elio Petri
Screenplay
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Giorgio Cardelli
Associate Producer
Berto Pelosso
Co-Writer
Francesco Genesi
Associate Producer
Stefano Pegoraro
Production Manager
Ubaldo Terzano
Camera Operator
Umberto Angelucci
First Assistant Director
Alfredo Petri
Production Supervisor
Mario Bramonti
Sound
Sergio Coletta
Gaffer
Sergio Strizzi
Still Photographer
Renato Palmieri
Assistant Camera
Vasco Mafera
Production Supervisor
Luigina Lovari
Script Supervisor
Cecilia Catalucci
Assistant Editor
Ennio Morricone
Conductor
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Mixer
Ivana Boggian
Assistant Editor
Italo Cameracanna
Visual Effects
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator
Hermes Gallippi
Administration
Antonio Tonti
Assistant Camera
Tiziana Mancini
Assistant Costume Designer
Antonio Mastronardi
Administration
Alfonso Gola
Makeup Department Head
Giovanni Piccioni
Second Assistant Director
Janice Munro
Production Secretary
Pietro Tenoglio
Makeup Artist
Giusy Bovino
Hairstylist
Erminia Marani
Assistant Editor
Franco Bassi
Sound Mixer
Sergio Emidi
Key Grip
Luigi Kuveiller
Director of Photography
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Daniele Senatore
Producer
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Leonardo Sciascia
Novel
Franco Carretti
Costume Design
Osvaldo Desideri
Set Decoration
Backdrops & Posters
