The Profiteer (1974)
Romance
Drama
In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and sanctimonious family of landowners. Ercole soon becomes the lover of his master's wife, the beautiful Baroness Clotilde. In a familial and social context where only money, sex and power count, everyone tries to take advantage of everyone, but the real saprophyte turns out to be Ercole.
Cast
Baroness Clotilde Bezzi
Servant
serva del santone
fascista al funerale
signora alla veglia funebre
bigotta di chiesa
Teresa Adiutori
Generale Augusto Bezzi
sorella di Ercole
sorella di Ercole
Santone
Parsifal
Brünhilde
Priest
don Vito
Addolorata, la fantesca
nonna di Teresa
Crew
Director
Writer