Il profeta
# Il profeta

Il profeta (internationally released as Mr. Kinky and The Prophet) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi.

## 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.

## 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.

