The film has been banned in several countries due to its graphic portrayals of rape, torture and murder. The film is set in Fascist Italy in 1944.
;Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini; ;Script: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Citti; ;Camera: Tonino Delli Colli; ;Produced by: Alberto Grimaldi for PEA (Rome)/Les Productions Artistes Associés (Paris); ;Actors: Paolo Bonacelli, Aldo Valletti, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle, Sonia Saviange, Caterina Boratto, Sergio Fascetti, Bruno Musso, Giuliana Melis, Dorit Henke and others