Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.
Daliah Lavi
as Purificazione (Purif)
Frank Wolff
as Antonio
Anna Maria Aveta
as Sister Angela
Tiziana Casetti
as Agata
Dario Dolci
as Don Tommaso
Franca Mazzoni
as The Mother Superior
María Teresa Orsini
as Nun
Rossana Rovere
as Antonio's Wife
Luciana Angiolillo
as La Signora di Craco (uncredited)
Andrea Bosic
as Priest (uncredited)
Nino Castelnuovo
as Buca (uncredited)
Maria Ciriello
as (uncredited)
