A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.
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Title: The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
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| Tomas Milian | ... | Olimpo / servant | |
| Adrienne Larussa | ... | Beatrice Cenci (as Adrienne LaRussa) | |
| Georges Wilson | ... | Francesco Cenci / Beatrice's father (as George Wilson) | |
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Mavie Bardanzellu | ... | Lucrezia / Beatrice's Stepmother (as Mavi) |
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Antonio Casagrande | ... | Don Giacomo Cenci |
| Ignazio Spalla | ... | Catalano / bandit (as Pedro Sanchez) | |
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Steffen Zacharias | ... | Prospero Fadinacco (as Max Steffen Zacharias) |
| Raymond Pellegrin | ... | Cardinal Lanciani | |
| Massimo Sarchielli | ... | Gasparro | |
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Mirko Ellis | ... | 3rd Excellency |
| John Bartha | ... | 2nd Excellency | |
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Giuseppe Fortis | ... | The Chaplain |
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Gustavo D'Arpe | ||
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Umberto D'Orsi | ... | Inspector |
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Alfio Petrini | ||
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In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazy landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci whom he keeps his daughter locked up in the dungeon of his castle for his plaything, sexually abusing her when he feels like it. Beatrice then plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano, to plan Francesco's murder.
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Italian censorship visa # 55002 delivered on 13-11-1969. See more »Quotes
Olimpo Calvetti: It's so humiliating to have been unable to withstand the torture...See more »
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September 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I do not go much for Fulci's horror movies which remain very inferior,IMHO, to those of his Italian colleagues (Dario Argento and Mario Bava).But this one ,by keeping the horror sequences to the minimum (the tortures scenes do not last long fortunately),is eminently commendable.
The cast includes two French actors :one of them ,Georges Wilson ,a very earnest stage thespian ,and the father of Lambert Wilson,is very unexpected here ,and his part of the violent perverse noble who rejoices cause two of his sons are dead so he won't have to feed them anymore and who imprisons his daughter in a dungeon is quite impressive .The other French actor is Raymond Pellegrin in a supporting role.Adrienne Larusso is incredibly beautiful as Beatrice Cenci and Thomas Milian gives a restrained effective performance.
The plot is not easy to catch up with ,because the director blends present and past without the traditional codes .No transition most of the time.Besides ,there are many characters ,and many of them are underwritten (Beatrice's brother for instance)
It's a film of blood and fury,the monsters are everywhere :Francesco Cenci is terrifying but so is the Holy Office whose goal is to appropriate the Cenci's fortune.
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