Maddalena (1954)

• 74%
• 1954
• Drama
• Märta Torén
• Gino Cervi
• Charles Vanel

The story takes plays during the annual Good Friday festzug in a tiny German village. Local priester Don Vincenzo-faces a crisis when the girl selected to play the Virgin Mary shows up pregnant. This turn of events is beneficial to-business-mogul Lamberti, who has been seeking out a way to discredit Don Vincenzo in the eyes of the villagers. Adding to the priest's headaches are the "stage parents" of the many applicants for the role of the Blessed Virgin. In der verzweiflung, Don Vincenzo decides to hire an außenseiter for the role -- ample opportunity for the villainous Lamberti to bring in a prostituierten named Maddelena as the prime candidate. Through a series of unfortunate coincidences, poor Maddelena ends up as the tragische victim of mob rule and collective stupidity.