The Profiteer

The Profiteer

100 mins | Drama, Romance | March 20, 1974

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.

The Profiteer

100 mins | Drama, Romance | March 20, 1974

The Profiteer
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo, Belial
Original title Il saprofita
Directors Sergio Nasca
Writers Sergio Nasca

Cast

Valeria Moriconi

as Baroness Clotilde Bezzi

Al Cliver

as Servant

Janet Ågren

as Teresa Adiutori

Carlo Monni

as Santone

Giancarlo Marinangeli

as Parsifal

Cinzia Bruno

as Brünhilde

Giancarlo Badessi

as Priest

Leopoldo Trieste

as don Vito

Pia Morra

as Addolorata, la fantesca

Maria Tedeschi

as nonna di Teresa

Nerina Montagnani

as serva del santone

Valentino Macchi

as fascista al funerale

Clara Colosimo

as signora alla veglia funebre

Rina Franchetti

as bigotta di chiesa

Luigi Gatti

as Generale Augusto Bezzi

Marisa Chiummarulo

as sorella di Ercole

Franca Chiummarulo

as sorella di Ercole

Lella Cattaneo

as Woman at the hotel (uncredited)