"During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent."
Luigi Diberti
as Lord of Malfole
Arnaldo Ninchi
as Folco
Massimo Bellinzoni
as Baino
Dalia Zagni
as Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)
Lorella Morlotti
as Venturina
Massimo Sarchielli
as Margherita's Father
Brizio Montinaro
as Lord of Campodose
Marcello Cesena
as Agateo
Consuelo Ferrara
as Abbess
Nando Gazzolo
as Narrator (voice)
Eugenia Abbati
as
Miriam Abutori
Eleonora Alessandrelli
as Margherita
Ilaria Amaldi
Diana Anselmo
as Anna
Santo Bellina
Salvatore Billa
Flavio Bisone
Michelangelo Brancato
Laura Brotzu
Valentina Capone
Alfredo Caruso Belli
Massimo Cavallaro
Davide Celli
Chantal Chierici
Consuelo Ciatti
as (as Consuelo Cialdi)
Marco Colacioppo
Paola Contini
Rodolfo Corsato
Vincenzo Crocitti
as Agnello
Elisabetta Darida
Ludovico Della Jojo
as (as Ludovico Dello Ioio)
Mariella Di Lauro
Lucio Di Lullo
Francesco Gabriele
Federico Gentilini
Federico Geremicca
Gaia Graziani
Ferdinando Gueli
Barbara Marciano
Bruno Marinelli
Marina Marini
Maria Claudia Massari
Michele Melega
Mimmo Mignemi
as Oratore
Beatrice Morgia
Salvatore Mortellitti
Abramo Orlandini
Ignazio Pandolfo
Claudio Parise
Giuseppe Pasculli
Mario Patanè
Rosa Pianeta
Claudia Pozzi
Fabio Roscillo
Lucio Salis
as Condannato a morte
Cinzia Scalzi
Andrea Scorzoni
Loredana Solfizi
Bianca Maria Sorgi Moschini
Sofia Spada
Marzia Spanu
Donald Tesdahl
as (as Don Tesdahl)
Marco Tomassi
Valentina Tomiselli
Luca Trinca
Guglielmo Ucciero
Antonio Viespoli
Saša Vulićević
Giuliana Zaroli
Pupi Avati
Director
Giuseppe Pirrotta
Production Design
Antonio Avati
Producer
Story
Amedeo Salfa
Editor
Giovanni Ragone
Camera Operator
Raffaele De Luca
Sound
Cesare Bastelli
Director of Photography
Sissi Parravicini
Costume Design
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Screenplay