The Devil Is a Woman (1974 film)

1974 film

  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
105 minutesCountriesUnited Kingdom
ItalyLanguageEnglish

The Devil Is a Woman (Italian: Il sorriso del grande tentatore, UK title: The Tempter) is a 1974 drama film directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Glenda Jackson.

Plot

Sister Geraldine is the head of a convent that has a hospital wing for troubled patients. She resorts to bullying and tormenting those who come to this place, but things change when Rodolfo, a writer editing the life story of a priest who collaborated with the Nazis, comes to stay.

Cast

  • Glenda Jackson as Sister Geraldine
  • Claudio Cassinelli as Rodolfo Solina
  • Lisa Harrow as Emilia Contreras
  • Adolfo Celi as Father Borelli
  • Duilio Del Prete as Monsignor Salvi
  • Arnoldo Foà as Monsignor Badensky
  • Gabriele Lavia as Prince Ottavio Ranieri d'Aragona
  • Francisco Rabal as Bishop Marquez
  • André Trottier as Bishop's Assistant
  • Rolf Tasna as Monsignor Meitner
  • Sara Sperati (as Adele Sperati) as Princess Alessandra Ranieri d'Aragona
  • Edoardo Canali
  • Edda Ferronao as Kitchen maid
  • Ely Galleani as Rodolfo's girlfriend
  • Margherita Horowitz as Prince Ottavio's mother
  • Fabrizio Jovine as The Doctor

External links

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Films directed by Damiano Damiani


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