Fantasma d'amore (1981)

After witnessing the brutal murder of an elderly lady, a man has an encounter with a bizarre woman who claims to be an old lover of his... A lover who apparently committed suicide years ago.

Director:

Dino Risi

Writers:

Mino Milani (novel), Dino Risi,

Stars:

Romy Schneider, Marcello Mastroianni, Eva Maria Meineke

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Romy Schneider	...	Anna Brigatti Zighi
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Nino Monti
Eva Maria Meineke	...	Teresa Monti
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Conte Zighi
Michael Kroecher	...	Don Gaspare
Paolo Baroni	...	Ressi
Victoria Zinny	...	Loredana
Giampiero Becherelli	...	Prof. Arnaldi
Ester Carloni
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Raf Baldassarre	...	Luciano
Maria Simona Peruzzi
Liliana Pacinotti
Adriana Giuffrè

Storyline

After witnessing the brutal murder of an elderly lady, a man has an encounter with a bizarre woman who claims to be an old lover of his... A lover who apparently committed suicide years ago.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | throat slitting | beyond the grave | retribution | lake | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

Italy West Germany France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

3 April 1981 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Ghost of Love

Filming Locations:

Cine International, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dean Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Roxy-Film GmbH & Co. KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Silent Hill 2 (2001)

User Reviews

Mastroianni and Schneider are in fine form; delli Colli's photography is beautiful, as is Benny Goodman's playing, but Dino Risi's story and direction are both old fashioned and way over the top.

This elegantly mounted romantic thriller has everything going for it except script and direction. Mastroianni and Schneider are excellent; Tonino delli Colli's photography is appropriately dreamy and atmospheric; Riz Ortolani's haunting themes are beautifully played by Benny Goodman, but Dino Risi's usual ability to combine broad comedy with pithy social comment is absent. The wildly old-fashioned plot machinations get sillier and sillier, until you just want it all to stop.