The Profiteer

The Profiteer — Plot

In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and sanctimonious family of landowners. Ercole soon becomes the lover of his master's wife, the beautiful Baroness Clotilde. In a familial and social context where only money, sex and power count, everyone tries to take advantage of everyone, but the real saprophyte turns out to be Ercole.

• Release date
• March 20, 1974
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Romance, Drama
• Director
• Sergio Nasca

The Profiteer — Cast

Valeria Moriconi Baroness Clotilde Bezzi Al Cliver Servant Janet Ågren Teresa Adiutori Carlo Monni Santone

G

Giancarlo Marinangeli Parsifal Cinzia Bruno Brünhilde Giancarlo Badessi Priest Leopoldo Trieste don Vito