Our Lady of the Turks

Our Lady of the Turks (1968)

03/09/1968
Drama
2h 4m

Overview

To the protagonist, an intellectual so feverish that he seems pathologically unrecoverable, a confused memory resurfaces of a massacre carried out by the Turks in Otranto. Immersing himself in one of the victims, in the unconscious desire to eviscerate himself, a woman appears to him, Margherita, who, in the guise of Santa Maria d'Otranto, treats him with compassionate love. In the hallucinating succession of memories intertwined with historical events, the protagonist finds himself in contact with his environment, his land, his country.

  • Carmelo BeneDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    Nostra signora dei turchi

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Top Billed Cast

Carmelo Bene

Carmelo Bene

The Protagonist

Lydia Mancinelli

Lydia Mancinelli

Saint Margareth

Salvatore Siniscalchi

The Publisher

Anita Masini

Holy Mary / The Woman

Ornella Ferrari

The Maidservant

Vincenzo Musso

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