An Angel for Satan (1966)
"Un angelo per Satana" (original title)

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the ... See full summary »

Director:

Camillo Mastrocinque

Writers:

Giuseppe Mangione, Camillo Mastrocinque

Stars:

Barbara Steele, Claudio Gora, Ursula Davis

Cast

Cast overview:
Barbara Steele	...	Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Claudio Gora	...	Conte Montebruno
Ursula Davis	...	Rita
Anthony Steffen	...	Roberto Merigi
Marina Berti	...	Illa (as Maureen Melrose)
Aldo Berti	...	Dario / Ilda
Mario Brega	...	Carlo Lionesi
Giovanna Lenzi
Antonio Acqua
Vassili Karis	...	Dario, the Teacher
Betty Delon
Halina Zalewska
Antonio Corevi
Livia Rossetti

Storyline

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction ...

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Plot Keywords:

statue | village | lake | possession | chess | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

4 May 1966 (Italy)

Also Known As:

An Angel for Satan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Discobolo Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

French credits, Italian language, English subtitles, yessir, it's a Barbara Steele Film!

Very glad to see this after so many years just reading about it. Was still operating under the impression that it was only available without subtitles, but seeing that Netflix was offering it, I added it to my queue and was very happy to find that it arrived with English subtitles.

It's beautiful, evocative, violent, and puzzling with Steele cutting quite the figure of death and destruction as Harriet fresh out of England to claim her inheritance somewhere on the Continent. For a film that I thought was going to be wearisome and talky considering its first 15 minutes or so of weary talk, it definitely found its stride and delivered on its promise once Steele's machinations--or Belinda's or...?--unfolded.

A great end of the week, Friday night flick and now one of my top three favorite Steele films.