Il profeta explained

Il profeta
Director:	Dino Risi
Starring:	Vittorio Gassman Ann-Margret
Music:	Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography:	Alessandro D'Eva
Producer:	Mario Cecchi Gori
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]

Notes and References

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