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Status
Released
Release
1979
Runtime
1h 29m
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"From the Secret Files of the Vatican!"
A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, while presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital, whose increasingly psychotic behavior endangers the staff and patients around her.
23 Cast Members
Anita Ekberg
Sister Gertrude
Joe Dallesandro
Dr. Patrick Roland
Alida Valli
Mother Superior
Massimo Serato
Dr. Poirret
Daniele Dublino
Director
Paola Morra
Sister Mathieu
Lou Castel
Peter
Laura Nucci
Baroness
Alice Gherardi
Nurse
Lee De Barriault
Ileana Fraia
Florence
Antonietta Patriarca
Sofia Lusy
Janet
Nerina Montagnani
Josephine
Franco Caracciolo
Priest in Confessional
Maria Sofia Amendolea
Chicca Thomas
Manlio Pierotti
Brunello Chiodetti
Sister Gertrude's Lover
Enzo Spitaleri
