Il profeta

Il profeta
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola Dino Risi
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori
Starring	Vittorio Gassman Ann-Margret
Cinematography	Alessandro D'Eva
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Il profeta (internationally released as Mr. Kinky and The Prophet) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.^[1]

Plot

Pietro Breccia (Vittorio Gassman) is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization, becoming a hermit, leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society, living for years in seclusion on Monte Soratte, near Rome. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him. From that moment, against his will, he gets sucked into civilization.^[2]

Cast

• Vittorio Gassman: Pietro Breccia, the hermit
• Ann-Margret: Maggie, a hippy
• Liana Orfei: Albertina, Puccio's sister
• Fiorenzo Fiorentini: Luigi
• Oreste Lionello: Puccio, Breccia's manager
• Enzo Robutti: Alberto
• Yvonne Sanson: Carla Bagni
• Carmen Villani

Production

It was one of several films Ann-Margret made in Europe around this time.^[3]

References

1. Edoardo Zaccagnini. I "mostri" al lavoro!: contadini, operai, commendatori ed impiegati nella commedia all'italiana. Sovera Edizioni, 2009. ISBN 8881247909.
2. Vice (March 10, 1968). ""Il profeta": Gassman si fa barbone per protesta contro la vita moderna". La Stampa. p. 7.
3. Vagg, Stephen (September 6, 2021). "Surviving Cold Streaks: Ann-Margret". Filmink. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

External links

• Il profeta at IMDb