Country: Italy
Year: 1972
Duration: 105'
Some couples find themselves unknowingly involved in a series of mysterious and bloody murders. Inspector Giuranna, in charge of solving the case, believes the killings were inspired by a series of Etruscan wall paintings in the necropolis of Tarquinia depicting human sacrifices in honor of the god Tuchulcha. The suspicions fall on a heterogeneous group of persons: the American archaeologist Jason Porter, the German choreographer Stephen, and the orchestra director Nikos Samarakis. But, one by one, they prove their innocence. To prevent the blood trail from spreading further, inspector Giuranna will have to resort to his experienced crime-solving skills.
Biography
film director
Armando Crispino
Armando Crispino (Biella, Italy, 1924 - Rome, Italy, 2003), founders of the Cineclub in Turin and film critic for the paper “L’Unità,” he worked as a screenwriter for Antonio Pietrangeli (March’s Child, 1957, and It Happened in Rome, 1957), Giuliano Montaldo (The Reckless, 1965), and Carlo Lizzani (Requiescant - Kill and Prey, 1967). He is famous for his horror movies The Dead Are Alive (1972) and Sun Spots (1975). He also dabbled with other movie genres, from the comedy of manners Pleasant Nights (which he directed with Luciano Lucignani in 1966, with performances by Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida, and Ugo Tognazzi) to the spaghetti western John the Bastard (1967), from the war movie Commandos (1968, starring Lee Van Cleef) to the convent drama The Abbess of Castro (1974).
FILMOGRAFIA
Le piacevoli notti (coregia/codirector Luciano Lucignani, 1966), John il bastardo (1967), Commandos (1968), Faccia da schiaffi (1970), L’etrusco uccide ancora (1972), La badessa di Castro (1974), Macchie solari (1975), Frankenstein all’italiana (1975).
Declaration
film director
“I got the idea for The Dead Are Alive during a fortuitous trip I took with some relatives to the necropolis of Cerveteri. During that day, I felt that feeling of uneasiness that the subconscious perceives in front of something unknown, inexplicable, and deeply disturbing.”
Cast
& Credits
REGIA
Armando Crispino
SOGGETTO
da un racconto di/from a short story by Bryan Edgar Wallace
SCENEGGIATURA
Lucio Battistrada, Armando Crispino, Lutz Eisholz
FOTOGRAFIA
Erico Menczer
MONTAGGIO
Alberto Gallitti
COSTUMI
Luca Sabatelli
MUSICA
Riz Ortolani
SUONO
Bruno Zanoli
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Alex Cord (Jason Porter), Samantha Eggar (Myra Shelton), John Marley (Nikos Samarakis), Nadja Tiller (Leni Samarakis), Enzo Tarascio (l’ispettore/inspector Giuranna), Horst Frank (Stephen), Enzo Cerusico (Alberto), Carlo De Mejo (Igor Samarakis), Daniela Surina (Irene), Vladan Milasinovic (Otello), Christina von Blanc (Velia), Mario Maranzana (sergente/sergeant Vitanza)
PRODUTTORE
Artur Brauner
PRODUZIONE
Index Films
COPRODUZIONE
Mondial Televisione Films, Central Cinema Company Films
Armando Crispino
SOGGETTO
da un racconto di/from a short story by Bryan Edgar Wallace
SCENEGGIATURA
Lucio Battistrada, Armando Crispino, Lutz Eisholz
FOTOGRAFIA
Erico Menczer
MONTAGGIO
Alberto Gallitti
COSTUMI
Luca Sabatelli
MUSICA
Riz Ortolani
SUONO
Bruno Zanoli
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Alex Cord (Jason Porter), Samantha Eggar (Myra Shelton), John Marley (Nikos Samarakis), Nadja Tiller (Leni Samarakis), Enzo Tarascio (l’ispettore/inspector Giuranna), Horst Frank (Stephen), Enzo Cerusico (Alberto), Carlo De Mejo (Igor Samarakis), Daniela Surina (Irene), Vladan Milasinovic (Otello), Christina von Blanc (Velia), Mario Maranzana (sergente/sergeant Vitanza)
PRODUTTORE
Artur Brauner
PRODUZIONE
Index Films
COPRODUZIONE
Mondial Televisione Films, Central Cinema Company Films
