The Mother Superior of a convent wields power in its most vicious forms. And as she as she destroys the people in her care, she herself becomes her own victim as she draws on all her spiritual powers to drive out the tempter.
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| Glenda Jackson | ... | Sister Geraldine | |
| Claudio Cassinelli | ... | Rodolfo Solina | |
| Lisa Harrow | ... | Emilia Contreras | |
| Adolfo Celi | ... | Father Borelli | |
| Duilio Del Prete | ... | Monsignor Salvi | |
| Arnoldo Foà | ... | Monsignor Badensky | |
| Gabriele Lavia | ... | Prince Ottavio Ranieri d'Aragona | |
| Francisco Rabal | ... | Bishop Marquez | |
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Rolf Tasna | ... | Monsignor Meitner |
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Eugenio Bottari | ... | (as Eugenio Bottai) |
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Edoardo Canali | ||
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Edda Ferronao | ... | Kitchen maid |
| Ely Galleani | ... | Rodolfo's girlfriend | |
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Margherita Horowitz | ... | Prince Ottavio's mother |
| Fabrizio Jovine | ... | The Doctor | |
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The Mother Superior of a convent wields power in its most vicious forms. And as she as she destroys the people in her care, she herself becomes her own victim as she draws on all her spiritual powers to drive out the tempter.
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I saw this film more than 25 years ago but I still think of it often. This is because it portrays the role of religion/the church as an external (outer) force which works with the internal drives of personality. It presents the humiliation and shame of the main character as something that will not be eradicated by removing her from a place that appears to be causing the shame, guilt and humiliation. These drives are often internal--the church didn't cause them. This movie portrays the church as a place that uses these negative constructs for its own purpose (and its evil!). With or without the church/religion, we are all fighting these demons anyway. Religion gives them a structure and way to deal with them. Psychotherapy works better!