Chi l'ha vista morire? (1972)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Aldo Lado

Writers:

Francesco Barilli (writer)
Massimo D'Avak (writer)

Release Date:

19 November 1999 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A young girl is brutally murdered somewhere in France. Sometime later, the same thing happens to the daughter of a well-known sculptor...

Plot Keywords:

Young Girl | Parent | Girl | France | Character's Point Of View Camera Shot

Cast

George Lazenby	...	Franco Serpieri
Anita Strindberg	...	Elizabeth Serpieri
Adolfo Celi	...	Serafian
Dominique Boschero	...	Ginevra Storelli
Peter Chatel	...	Philip Vernon
Piero Vida	...	Journalist
José Quaglio	...	Bonaiuti
Alessandro Haber	...	Father James
Nicoletta Elmi	...	Roberta Serpieri
Rosemarie Lindt	...	Gabriella
Giovanni Forti Rosselli
Sandro Grinfan
Carlo Hollesch
George Willing
Vittorio Fanfoni

Also Known As:

The Child (USA)
The Child - Die Stadt wird zum Alptraum (West Germany)
Who Saw Her Die?

Runtime:

UK:90 min

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

Trivia:

George Lazenby lost 35 pounds for this role.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Death in Venice (2002) (V)

Great little Giallo!

"Who Saw Her Die" was a great little surprise. I had been searching for it for a little while, and when I had found it, I was happy to find that it was a much better film for actor George Lazenby ("On Her Majesty's Secret Service"), then the other films he had been making at that time ("Universal Soldier", "Stoner" etc.). It is a tad annoying to see that he was completely dubbed (a standard Italian practice I've heard), but I didn't find this too distracting from the film. It does however contain a great eerie soundtrack supplied by Ennio Morricone, which seems to jump in everytime we are viewing the killer's point of view through a veil. It's also a lot more mature than the typical Italian Giallo of that time, It's never too grautuidice in it's gore or nudity. It does contain great cinematography, especially great if viewed in widescreen. George Lazenby's daughter in the film is played by a little girl that seemed to play in every Giallo/ Horror flick that ever got produced in Italy ("Bay Of Blood", "Deep Red", and "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein"), which is due no doubt to her very unusual looks. Also, the fact that they have a cameo from Adolfo Celli ("Thunderball") makes me think that director had a James Bond fascination. The only problems I really have of the film, is that the ending is a little unclimactic and predictable (you guess who it is, before they show you). A slight influence from Nick Roeg's "Don't Look Now" is evident. Other than this, quite a little gem of a film. And actually hold's up to some of Dario Argento's earlier work, if not better.