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Tragic Ceremony

Original title: Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea
  • 19721972
  • 1h 22m
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5.5/10
558
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Tragic Ceremony (1972)
Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.
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Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
558
YOUR RATING
    • Riccardo Freda
    • Mario Bianchi
    • José Gutiérrez Maesso
    • Leonardo Martín
  • Stars
    • Camille Keaton
    • Tony Isbert
    • Máximo Valverde
    • Riccardo Freda
    • Mario Bianchi
    • José Gutiérrez Maesso
    • Leonardo Martín
  • Stars
    • Camille Keaton
    • Tony Isbert
    • Máximo Valverde
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Beni Deus and Paul Muller in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Milo Quesada in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Elsa Zabala in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Camille Keaton in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    José Calvo in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    José Calvo in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Beni Deus in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Luciana Paluzzi in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Camille Keaton in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Maria Mascarielli in Tragic Ceremony (1972)
    Adriana Facchetti in Tragic Ceremony (1972)

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    Camille Keaton
    Camille Keaton
    • Jane
    Tony Isbert
    Tony Isbert
    • Bill
    Máximo Valverde
    Máximo Valverde
    • Joe
    Luigi Pistilli
    Luigi Pistilli
    • Lord Alexander
    Luciana Paluzzi
    Luciana Paluzzi
    • Lady Alexander
    José Calvo
    • Sam David
    Giovanni Petrucci
    Giovanni Petrucci
    • Fred
    Irina Demick
    Irina Demick
    • Bill's mother
    Paul Muller
    Paul Muller
    • Doctor
    Beni Deus
    Beni Deus
    • Ferguson
    Milo Quesada
    Milo Quesada
    • Cop
    Alejandro de Enciso
    • Cop in the Car
    Elsa Zabala
    Elsa Zabala
    • Black Mass Participant
    Pablo García
    David Thomson
    • Black Mass Participant
    Adriana Facchetti
    • Black Mass Participant
    Carla Mancini
    Carla Mancini
    Maria Mascarielli
    • Woman Playing Piano
    • (as Ambra Mascarello)
      • Riccardo Freda
      • Mario Bianchi
      • José Gutiérrez Maesso
      • Leonardo Martín
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    • Trivia
      Riccardo Freda always resented directing the movie. The Spanish prints credit him as director though.
    • Alternate versions
      The Spanish prints are shorter than the Italian version. In Spain, portions of the scene where Camille Keaton takes a bath are cut - in fact, all shots with nudity are edited out - and the whole "explanation" by Paul Muller at the very end of the movie is missing. Spanish prints include an end title where the Italian print have the title song on a black screen.
    • Soundtracks
      La Vita
      Music written and performed by Stelvio Cipriani

      Lyrics by Riccardo Freda

      Sung by Ernesto Brancucci

    User reviews16

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    4/10
    Uninspired and slow-paced
    This late-ish effort from Freda plays as a modern day (70's that is) Gothic thriller, but comes out short of thrills. Certainly it's not a dreadfully bad film, it's jut got that feeling which many of Freda's later films have of someone who has given up when he's seen the first daily's. It starts out good enough, almost giallo like in tone, then takes a turn into Gothic territories with a decent (albeit terribly cliché) set up. Then suddenly Freda seems to have lost interest in the film and all we get is prolonged shots of Camille Keaton and burning candles. Then circa an hour into the film we get some sort of violent climax with decent-to-poor special effects. This is followed by a slow paced outro with a very obvious twist ending (If it's even intended to be a twist?). And throw a few very halfhearted explanatory scenes along the way and you got Tragic Ceremony. Thus in parts it's got its qualities. But then suddenly stumbles and collapses in front of you. A pity.

    btw stay away from the SHAROMA DVD, a useless murky pan& scan edition which kills of what could be a good visual experience.
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    • Apr 21, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1972 (Italy)
      • Italy
      • Spain
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Centro Safa Palatino - Piazza dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 8, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Produzioni Internazionali Associate (PIA)
      • Televisión y Cine S.A. (TECISA)
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
      • Mono

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