Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972)

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Roberto Gianviti (screenplay)
Paul Hengge (credited on German prints)
(more)

Release Date:

24 February 1972 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Nude Woman Murdered | Cruelty | Voyeuristic | Drowned | Color In Title

Cast

Antonio Sabato	...	Mario
Uschi Glas	...	Giulia (as Uschi Glass)
Pier Paolo Capponi	...	Inspector Vismara
Rossella Falk	...	Elena Marchi
Marina Malfatti	...	Kathy Adams
Renato Romano	...	The Priest
Claudio Gora	...	Raffaele Ferri
Gabriella Giorgelli	...	Inez Tamborini
Aldo Barberito	...	Lt. Palumbo
Bruno Corazzari	...	Barrett
Franco Fantasia	...	Lt. Renzi
Petra Schürmann	...	Concetta di Rosa
Ivano Davoli
Linda Sini	...	Juanda
Nello Pazzafini	...	Raoul
Carla Mancini	...	Anna's maid
Enzo Andronico	...	Hotel Porter
Fulvio Mingozzi	...	Agent
Nestore Cavaricci	...	Agent
Marisa Mell	...	Anna Sartori & Maria Sartori
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Friedrich G. Beckhaus	...	Lt. Renzi (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Andrea Bosic	...	Palmieri (uncredited)
Armand Cava	...	Man (uncredited)
Thomas Danneberg	...	Mario (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Carolyn De Fonseca	...	Elena Marchi (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Filippo Del Bello	...	Parroco (uncredited)
Vera Drudi	...	Mad (uncredited)
Arne Elsholtz	...	Barrett (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Tom Felleghy	...	Dr. Harris (uncredited)
Lina Franchi	...	Prostituta (uncredited)
Hans W. Hamacher	...	Raffaele Ferri (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Beate Hasenau	...	Anna Sartori (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Ursula Herwig	...	Concetta di Rosa (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Ursula Heyer	...	Kathy Adams (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Lucretia Love	...	Woman (uncredited)
Alba Maiolini	...	Mad with the doll (uncredited)
Gerd Martienzen	...	The Priest (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Gould Maynard	...	Anna's Son (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Klaus Miedel	...	Lt. Palumbo (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Ivana Novak	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Edgar Ott	...	Inspector Vismara (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Peter Schiff	...	Man (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Klaus Sonnenschein	...	Palmieri (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Luca Sportelli	...	Conduttore (uncredited)
Enzo Tarascio	...	Man (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi	...	Pazza che legge (uncredited)
Alfred Vohrer	...	Edgar Wallace (voice: German version) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sandra Wolf	...	Secretary (uncredited)

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roberto Gianviti		screenplay
Paul Hengge		credited on German prints
Umberto Lenzi		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story
Edgar Wallace		story (uncredited in italian version)
Cornell Woolrich		novel "Rendezvous in Black" (uncredited)

Produced by
Lamberto Palmieri	....	producer

Original Music by
Riz Ortolani

Cinematography by
Angelo Lotti

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso
Clarissa Ambach		(German version)

Production Design by
Giacomo Caló Carducci

Costume Design by
Giulia Mafai

Makeup Department
Sergio Angeloni	....	makeup artist
Anna Graziosi	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Sergio Borelli	....	production manager
Herbert Kerz	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fulvio Barresi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Renato Marinelli	....	sound effects
Bruno Moreal	....	sound mixer
Guido Ortenzi	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Sbrenna	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Amedeo Moriani	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Rosaria Cilento	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Flora Film
• National Pictures
• Rialto Film

Distributors

• Constantin Film
• Shriek Show (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Gemelli  sound

Also Known As:

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (International: English title) (dubbed version) (USA) (DVD title)
Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds (West Germany)
Edgar Wallace - Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds (West Germany) (series title)
Puzzle of the Silver Half Moons
Sette volti per l'assassino (Italy)
Sieben Gesichter für die Mörderin (West Germany)

Runtime:

Finland:88 min | Germany:85 min | Greece:88 min

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (new rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italy

Company:

Flora Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Pastewka: Die Strategie der Schnecke (#2.2)" (2006)

A fair murder mystery ..

Handsome Antonio Sabato (father of Antonio Sabato Jr of such films as THE BIG HIT) and his wife are on the trail of a cold blooded killer whose only clue is the crescent shaped locket he leaves behind at every murder he commits. The killer has already tried and failed to kill her, will he be able to finish the job? This is just one of the questions that SEVEN BLOOD STAINED ORCHIDS asks. Another is how the hell did I manage to sit through this without falling asleep? I guess it was the funky retro finger painting free loving SWINGIN' SEVENTIES STYLES!! Seriously though, while this film has dated a little, director Umberto Lenzi crafts a moderately engaging murder mystery. Plus there's a fair amount of gore and nudity to engage the rest of us.