Our Lady of the Turks (Nostra signora dei turchi) 56 years old

Our Lady of the Turks

A man (Carmelo Bene) can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the destruction of his land of Puglia where all citizens are devoted to the Catholic religion. However, the man can not destroy the belief of the pilgrims of Salento, because a woman would prevent that. It is an unknown "Santa Margherita", which tries to divert man from his weird and impossible philosophy. Successive scenes of the film show various situations unreal and dream in which the two protagonists try to obtain the best one on the other. After a blasphemous dialogue between monks, the man includes his whole philosophy in a Moorish building. In fact, this seems to have been the scene of the massacre of the famous 800 Martyrs of Otranto, which are considered by the scetic man the absolute death of Christianity.

Credits

Our Lady of the Turks Cast

Name Character
Lydia Mancinelli She was 31, now 88 years old as Saint Margareth
Carmelo Bene He was 31, 64 years old when he died as The Protagonist

Our Lady of the Turks Crew

Name Department
Carmelo Bene as Production Design. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Art
Carmelo Bene as Costume Design. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Carmelo Bene as Director. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Directing
Carmelo Bene as Producer. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Production
Carmelo Bene as Novel. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Writing
Carmelo Bene as Writer. He was 31 (64) years old when He died Writing
Mario Masini as Cinematography. He was 29 (now 85) years old Crew
Our Lady of the Turks poster
Our Lady of the Turks (56 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 03, 1968
  • Runtime: 124 minutes