What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

In London, the Italian gym teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni is having a love affair with his eighteen year-old student Elizabeth Seccles, who is the daughter of the owner of the Catholic ... See full summary »

Director:

Massimo Dallamano

Writers:

Bruno Di Geronimo (story), Massimo Dallamano (story)

Stars:

Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó, Karin Baal

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fabio Testi	...	Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni
Cristina Galbó	...	Elizabeth Seccles (as Christine Galbo)
Karin Baal	...	Herta Rosseni
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Inspector Barth
Günther Stoll	...	Prof. Bascombe
Claudia Butenuth	...	Brenda Pilchard
Camille Keaton	...	Solange Beauregard
Maria Monti	...	Mrs. Erickson
Giancarlo Badessi	...	Mr. Erickson
Pilar Castel	...	Janet Bryant
Giovanna Di Bernardo	...	Helen Edmonds
Vittorio Fanfoni	...	Enrico's friend
Marco Mariani	...	Father Webber
Antonio Casale	...	Mr. Newton (as Antony Vernon)
Emilia Wolkowicz	...	Ruth Holden (as Emilia Wolkowich)

Storyline

In London, the Italian gym teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni is having a love affair with his eighteen year-old student Elizabeth Seccles, who is the daughter of the owner of the Catholic school where he works and she studies. His estranged wife, Herta Rosseni's the mathematics teacher. Rosseni and Elizabeth are in a boat in a grove when the girl sees a man hunting down a woman. Rosseni believes she's making it up, but the next morning, Rosseni learns a teenager was murdered; in the river bank in the grove. Inspector Barth goes to the school since the victim Hilda studied there and soon, Rosseni's the prime suspect, though Elizabeth could give an him an alibi. When a second student's murdered, and then so is Elizabeth. Rosseni decides to investigate, and teams up with Herta to find the of the mysterious Solange Beauregard, but what might have happened to Solange?

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | psycho killer | object in vagina | stabbed in vagina | upskirt | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

May 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Secret of the Green Pins

Filming Locations:

8 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Italian International Film, Clodio Cinematografica, Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mindful of the American aversion to dubbed foreign films, the production team decided that the shooting would be exclusively made in English language despite the accent of the actors. Consequently the English looping coincided so well with the lip movements of the actors that no one in the U.S. noticed the film was dubbed.

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Alternate Versions

The UK cinema certificate was rejected by the BBFC. It was eventually released on the Redemption video label in 1996 after 2 minutes 15 secs of cuts to edit the bath murder, and heavily reduce shots of nudity and knives between victim's legs & knees.

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Connections

Featured in What Have You Done to Decency? (2015)

User Reviews

Edgar Wallace goes giallo

This is a good murder mystery, based on an Edgar Wallace novel. It has all the ingredients of a good giallo: horrible murders, sex, religion and nightmarish flashbacks.(Especially the one at the end is bound to give you bad dreams).

The plot isn't always logical, and the acting isn't very convincing. But the direction is good and the music by Ennio Morricone is one of the best scores he has ever made.

If you like the movies of Dario Argento, you'll love this one.