"Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence."
Daliah Lavi
as Purificata
Frank Wolff
as Antonio
Anna Maria Aveta
as Sister Angela
Tiziana Casetti
as
Dario Dolci
as Don Tommaso
Franca Mazzoni
as The Mother Superior
María Teresa Orsini
as Nun
Rossana Rovere
as Antonio's Wife
Maria Ciriello
as (uncredited)
Giovanni Cristofanelli
as Father Tomasso (uncredited)
Francesca Farinacci
Luca Pascarella
Lea Russo
Nicola Tagliacozzo
as Uncle Giuseppe (uncredited)
Luciano Martino
Screenplay
Brunello Rondi
Ugo Guerra
Giovanfrancesco Fantacci
Script Supervisor
Director
Story
Libero Balduini
Unit Manager
Elio Scardamaglia
Line Producer
Carlo Bellero
Director of Photography
Paolo Giovanardi
Production Manager
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
Federico Magnaghi
Producer
Renata Paulucci
Second Assistant Director
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Sergio Martino
Anna Maria Palleri
Costume Design
Franco Freda
Makeup Artist
Andrea Fantacci
Set Decoration
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Paolo Bianchini
First Assistant Director
Gaetano Valle
Camera Operator
Guglielmo Vincioni
Assistant Camera
Tommasina Desideri
Assistant Editor