A Virgin Named Mary (Vergine, e di nome Maria) 48 years old

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Maria (Cinzia De Carolis) can predict the future during her epileptic seizures, or at least that's what everyone believes, and her mother (Clelia Matania) sells her predictions and responses to the superstitious neighbors, after inducing her "trance" with electricity. One night the shock is too strong, and Maria seems to die: when she wakes up, she is found pregnant. And being a honest unmarried girl from the south, she is obviously still virgin... Notwithstanding the opposition of the local priest (Turi Ferro), everyone, including her, believes in the miracle, and prepares for a second coming, in a crescendo of fanaticism that is soon noticed by the press, and by the official church..

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A Virgin Named Mary Cast

Name Character
Marino Masé He was 36, now 85 years old
Leopoldo Trieste He was 58, 85 years old when he died as Nicola
Alvaro Vitali He was 25, now 74 years old as Rocco
Turi Ferro He was 54, 80 years old when he died as Don Vito
Enzo Cannavale He was 47, 82 years old when he died as Simone
Clelia Matania She was 62, 68 years old when she died as Anna
Jean Louis He was 67, 89 years old when he died as Luca
Andréa Ferréol She was 28, now 77 years old as Maddalena
Tino Carraro He was 64, 84 years old when he died as Il vescovo
Nicola Di Pinto He was 28, now 76 years old
Dada Gallotti She was 40, now 88 years old
Antonella Fasano
Anna Maria Dossena She was 63, 78 years old when she died
Francesco D'Adda He was 31, now 80 years old as Francesco D'Adda
Giorgio Iovine as Giorgio Iovine
Marco Mariani He was 7, now 55 years old
Franco Pesce He was 85, 85 years old when he died
Valentino Macchi He was 38, 75 years old when he died
Renato Pinciroli He was 70, 71 years old when he died as Giuseppe
Renato Chiantoni He was 69, 73 years old when he died
Giancarlo Badessi He was 46, 83 years old when he died

A Virgin Named Mary Crew

Name Department
Giuseppe Aquari as Director of Photography. He was 59 (66) years old when He died Camera
Sante Maria Romitelli as Original Music Composer. He was 54 (83) years old when He died Sound
Glenn Saxson as Producer. He was 33 (now 82) years old Production
Sergio Nasca as Director. He was 38 (52) years old when He died Directing
Sergio Nasca as Writer. He was 38 (52) years old when He died Writing
A Virgin Named Mary (48 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, September 11, 1975
  • Runtime: 100 minutes