The Baron's Mazurka

6.9

A fig tree growing in the estates of Baron Anteo Pellacani has been worshipped since the Middle Ages, after a Saint was supposedly martyred there. The Baron, who was crippled in a fig tree-related accident and has since become a raging atheist, vows to tear it down—until he mistakes a beautiful prostitute momentarily lying on the tree for the Saint herself, falling in love with her. Her pimp, his relatives and the clergy try to take advantage of his newfound faith.

Discover

Ugo Tognazzi

Barone Anteo Pellacani

Paolo Villaggio

Checco Coniglio

Delia Boccardo

La Santa

Gianni Cavina

Petazzoni

Patrizia De Clara

Eugenia Pellacani Bompani

Giulio Pizzirani

Padre Arioso

Gianfranco Barra

Brigadier Caputo

Andrea Matteuzzi

Marchese monarchico

Bob Tonelli

Notaio

Pina Borione

Zia di Anteo

Ines Ciaschetti

Zia di Anteo

Ferdinando Orlandi

Presentatore

Adolfo Caruso

Sindaco di Bagnacavallo

Cesare Bastelli

Operatore Vaticano

Giovanni Brusatori

Uomo Vaticano

Arrigo Lucchini

Regista del documentario

Art

Fiorenzo Senese

Production Design

Claudio Cinini

Assistant Production Design

Camera

Luigi Kuveiller

Director of Photography

Antonio Annunziata

Camera Operator

Renato Palmieri

Assistant Camera

Francesco Gagliardini

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Fiorenzo Senese

Costume Design

Gianfranco Mecacci

Makeup Artist

Marcello Meniconi

Assistant Makeup Artist

Paolo Franceschi

Hairstylist

Rosanna Andreoni

Assistant Costume Designer

Crew

Carlo Rambaldi

Special Effects

Directing

Pupi Avati

Director

Antonio Avati

First Assistant Director

Maria Luisa Merci

Script Supervisor

Ricky Tognazzi

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Annamaria Roca

Assistant Editor

Angela Bordi

Assistant Editor

Production

Aldo U. Passalacqua

Line Producer

Attilio Viti

Unit Manager

Pietro Sassaroli

Production Secretary

Francesco Vetrano

Production Secretary

Rolando Pieri

Administration

Silvana Olasio

Administration

Sound

Amedeo Tommasi

Original Music Composer

Gianfranco Pacella

Boom Operator

Alberto Tinebra

Sound Mixer

Writing

Gianni Cavina

Screenplay

Pupi Avati

Screenplay

Antonio Avati

Screenplay