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Director:
Joe D'Amato
Writers:
Claudio Bernabei (screenplay)
Joe D'Amato (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 July 1973 (Italy) more
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
A man discovers an ancient Incan formula for raising the dead, and uses it for a series of revenge murders. | add synopsis
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Film's Score is Greatest Asset more

Cast

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Ewa Aulin ... Greta von Holstein

Klaus Kinski ... Dr. Sturges
Angela Bo ... Eva von Ravensbrück
Sergio Doria ... Walter von Ravensbrück
Attilio Dottesio ... Inspector Dannick
Marco Mariani ... Simeon, the butler
Luciano Rossi ... Franz, Greta's Brother
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart ... Dr. von Ravensbrück, Walter's Father
Fernando Cerulli ... Professor Kempte (as Franco Cerulli)
Carla Mancini
Giorgio Dolfin ... Maier - Ballet dancer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death Smiled at Murder
Death Smiles on a Murderer (USA)
La morte sorride all'assassino (Italy) (working title)
Sette strani cadaveri
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Runtime:
Italy:92 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Dany Film more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Film's Score is Greatest Asset, 18 November 2000
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Author: weho90069 from United States

"Death Smiles On A Murderer" is a bizarre sort of film that combines romantic and sexual entanglement between a beautiful woman and a married couple (she seduces both partners), and an Edgar Allan Poe-ish tale of murder and vengeance. The result is uneven and flawed, but that isn't always a detriment, and what we have in this film is more of a nightmarish or dreamlike qulaity than a "bad" movie. Holding center stage, however, is the superb music by composer Berto Pisano. Lyrical themes and vocals form an effective counterpoint to the sinister goings on, and in the more obviously creepy musical passages there is a deliberate pacing that works marvellously to reinforce this dreamlike (or nightmarish) quality. The music really pulls the film together. The story (set in the early 1900s) receives a very "now" sound (for 1972!): electronic instruments, organ, timpani, etc. The result is at once beautiful, yet sinister...an apt description for "Death Smiles On A Murderer".............................

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