Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
55 audience votes
Key crew
- Ugo GuerraScreenplay
- Luciano MartinoScreenplay
- Brunello RondiScreenplay
- Brunello RondiDirector
- Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Daliah LaviPurificazione (Purif)
- Frank WolffAntonio
- Anna Maria AvetaSister Angela
- Tiziana CasettiAgata
- Dario DolciDon Tommaso
- Franca MazzoniThe Mother Superior
- María Teresa OrsiniNun
- Rossana RovereAntonio's Wife
- Luciana AngiolilloLa Signora di Craco (uncredited)
- Andrea BosicPriest (uncredited)
- Nino CastelnuovoBuca (uncredited)
- Maria Ciriello(uncredited)
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