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.

Anita Ekberg
as Sister Gertrude

Joe Dallesandro
as Dr. Patrick Roland

Alida Valli
as Mother Superior

Massimo Serato
as Dr. Poirret

Daniele Dublino
as Director

Paola Morra
as Sister Mathieu

Lou Castel
as Peter

Laura Nucci
as Baroness

Alice Gherardi
as Nurse

Lee De Barriault
as
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I'm not exactly steeped into the history of the 'nunsploitation' or anything, in fact this the first one I've ever seen, but I found this to be a disjointed film as many Italian films from the 70s tended to be, at least the many I've watched so far. Anika Ekberg actually wasn't half bad at least. **...