Il saprofita (internationally released as The Profiteer) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Sergio Nasca. It marked the directorial debut of Nasca and raised some controversies due to its polemic plot and its violence.
Cast Al Cliver : Ercole Valeria Moriconi : The Baroness Clotilda Janet Agren : Teresa Giancarlo Marinangeli: Parsifal Cinzia Bruno: Brunilde Leopoldo Trieste : Don Vito Rina Franchetti : Bigot Nerina Montagnani : The servant of the Holy Man Clara Colosimo : Lady at the wake Giancarlo Badessi : Superior of the Seminary Carlo Monni : General Augusto Bezzi
Plot In a small town in Apulia, the seminarian Ercole, who failed to become a priest due to an injury that caused him to lose his speech, is hired as a driver and male nurse by a rich and apparently pious family of landowners, and soon becomes the lover of the beautiful Baroness Clotilde.
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External links
The Profiteer at Variety Distribution