Flavia the Heretic

Flavia the Heretic
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Directed by	Gianfranco Mingozzi
Screenplay by	Fabrizio Onofri Gianfranco Mingozzi Bruno Di Geronimo Sergio Tau
Story by	Raniero di Giovanbattista Sergio Tau Francesco Vietri
Produced by	Gianfranco Mingozzi
Starring	Florinda Bolkan María Casares Claudio Cassinelli Anthony Higgins
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Production companies	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) Réalisations et Organisations Cinématographiques (R.O.C.)
Distributed by	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.)
Release date	June 12, 1974 (June 12, 1974)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

Flavia the Heretic (Italian: Flavia, la monaca musulmana, lit. "Flavia, the Muslim nun") is a 1974 Italian-French nunsploitation film directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi.[1]

Plot

Set in Apulia during Ottoman invasion of Otranto, the film tells the story of Flavia (Florinda Bolkan), a nun who collaborates with the invaders' leader Ahmed (Anthony Higgins as Anthony Corlan) to avenge her past misfortunes.

Cast

• Florinda Bolkan: Flavia Gaetani
• María Casares: Sister Agata
• Claudio Cassinelli: Abraham
• Anthony Higgins: Ahmed
• Spiros Focás: French Duke
• Diego Michelotti: Flavia's Father
• Guido Celano: Chemist
• Laura De Marchi: Tarantula Cult Woman

References

1. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

• Flavia the Heretic at IMDb