Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off with another man. The war ends: the fascists disguise themselves first as communists and then as Christian Democrats, and the poor survive by dancing and drinking. Leone's daughter Rosetta becomes pregnant; Leone dies, and the newborn (named Fortunato) is taken from his very young mother, who ends up in an institution. When Rosetta comes of age, she is reunited with her "witch" mother and her son.
Harvey Keitel
Leone
Giancarlo Giannini
Guastamacchia
Elide Melli
Vipera
Larissa Volpentesta
Rosetta child
Annalisa Schettino
Rosetta adult
Rosario Ainnusa
Fortunato
Paolo Pini
Luca
Goffredo Fofi
