Ecco (1964)
"Il mondo di notte numero 3" (original title)

A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long ... See full summary »

Director:

Gianni Proia

Writer:

Bob Cresse (scenario: English version)

Stars:

George Sanders, Laura Betti, Léo Campion

Cast

Credited cast:
George Sanders	...	Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laura Betti
Léo Campion
Eberhard Diepgen	...	Himself
Peter Kittelmann	...	Himself
Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky	...	Himself
Pelé	...	Himself
Rita Renoir	...	Stripper
Michel Simon
Yvon Yva

Storyline

A documentary highlighting some of the oddest, strangest and more grotesque examples of human behavior. Included are a tour of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, a man who sticks long needles through his body, footage of reindeer being castrated, and more footage of lesbians and strippers.

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Plot Keywords:

grand guignol | needles | lesbian | reindeer | sequel | 

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Taglines:

A Masterpiece In Filmmaking!

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ecco

Filming Locations:

Exeter, Devon, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Julia Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Berlin scene, among the very drunk students in a pub is Eberhard Diepgen, who became mayor of Berlin in the 1980s.

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Connections

Follows World by Night (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Let's Twist Again"
(uncredited)
Performed by Chubby Checker

User Reviews

Weird concoction of rituals, religions & customs...

1st watched 1/20/2003 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Gianni Proia): Weird concoction of rituals, religions & customs held in many different parts of the world that I believe is intended to shock you. This it does, but I couldn't figure out the connections or the reason for the Italian filmmaker to make something like this. There is a variety of strange human rituals including women in Las Vegas gauking over muscle-bound men to women performing castration by teeth on reindeer in the northern Icelands and then getting married to men who choose them after this is done. I could go on and on but it's not really needed. If your idea of a good time is watching naked Japanese men trouncing each other for the sake of a possible good year according to their priests or seeing chicken-blood being spattered on a naked woman as part of a satatic ritual then by all means watch this movie. For others who just want entertained and not disgusted, stay away from this.