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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



