The Baron's Mazurka
Jan 22 1975
•2h 50m
•Drama, Comedy, Romance
A fig tree located in the lands of a baron of the lower Po valley has for many centuries been the subject of worship. The baron, crippled and an atheist, one day sees a girl lying on the fig tree in a benevolent attitude and exchanges for the Saint Who was martyred there in the Middle Ages. 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.
Cast
See allUgo Tognazzi
Baron Anteo Pellacani
Paolo Villaggio
Checco 'Biancone' Coniglio
Delia Boccardo
Redheaded prostitute / The 'saint'
Gianni Cavina
Petazzoni
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