The Baron's Mazurka
1975A 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.
Acted in
Ugo Tognazzi
as Baron Anteo Pellacani
Paolo Villaggio
as Checco 'Biancone' Coniglio
Delia Boccardo
as Redheaded prostitute / The 'saint'
Gianni Cavina
as Petazzoni
Lucio Dalla
as Fava
Patrizia De Clara
as Eugenia Pellacani Bompani
Giulio Pizzirani
as Father Arioso
Gianfranco Barra
as Sgt. Caputo
Lucienne Camille
as Silvana
Andrea Matteuzzi
Bob Tonelli
as The notary
Pina Borione
as Anteo's aunt
Ines Ciaschetti
as Anteo's aunt
Ferdinando Orlandi
as Festival Presenter
Adolfo Caruso
Cesare Bastelli
as Vatican Operator
Giovanni Brusadori
as Vatican Man
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Carla Mancini
Fanny Bertelli
Luciano Bianchi
Pietro Bona
Gilberto Fiorini
Arrigo Lucchini