The Baron's Mazurka

The Baron's Mazurka

110 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 22, 1975

A fig tree located in the lands of a baron of the lower Padana has for many centuries been the subject of veneration. The baron, crippled and atheist, one day sees a girl lying on the fig tree in a benevolent attitude and exchanges for the holy venerated by her villagers. Immediately the aristocrat converts and decides to give his belongings to a religious institute. In fact, he was a victim of a cheating and the "santa" is a prostitute who has given up on rage.

The Baron's Mazurka

110 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 22, 1975

The Baron's Mazurka
A fig tree located in the lands of a baron of the lower Padana has for many centuries been the subject of veneration. The baron, crippled and atheist, one day sees a girl lying on the fig tree in a benevolent attitude and exchanges for the holy venerated by her villagers. Immediately the aristocrat converts and decides to give his belongings to a religious institute. In fact, he was a victim of a cheating and the "santa" is a prostitute who has given up on rage.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Euro International Film
Original title La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone
Directors Pupi Avati
Writers Gianni Cavina, Antonio Avati, Pupi Avati

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

as Baron Anteo Pellacani

Delia Boccardo

as Redheaded prostitute / The 'saint'

Paolo Villaggio

as Checco 'Biancone' Coniglio

Lucio Dalla

as Fava

Gianni Cavina

as Petazzoni

Lucienne Camille

as Silvana

Giulio Pizzirani

as Father Arioso

Gianfranco Barra

as Sgt. Caputo

Bob Tonelli

as The notary

Pina Borione

as Anteo's aunt

Ines Ciaschetti

as Anteo's aunt

Ferdinando Orlandi

as Festival Presenter

Patrizia De Clara

as Eugenia Pellacani Bompani

Cesare Bastelli

as Vatican Operator

Giovanni Brusadori

as Vatican Man