La strega in amore

Last updated
La strega in amore
La strega in amore.jpg
Italian film poster
Directed by Damiano Damiani [1]
Screenplay by
Based on Aura
by Carlos Fuentes
Produced by Alfredo Bini [1]
Starring
Cinematography Leonida Barboni [1]
Edited by Nino Baragli [1]
Music by Luis Bacalov [1]
Production
company
Arco Film [1]
Distributed byCidif
Release date
  • September 11, 1966 (1966-09-11)(Italy)
Running time
110 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]
Box office ₤203 million

La strega in amore (also known as The Witch, The Witch in Love and Strange Obsession) is a 1966 Italian drama- horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is based on the novel Aura by Carlos Fuentes. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Release

La strega in amore was released on September 11, 1966 in Italy where it was distributed by Cidif. [1] The film grossed a total of 203,396,000 Italian lira domestically. [1] It was released in the United States in August 1969 where it was distributed by G.G. Productions. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2015, p. 171-172.
  2. ↑ Alberto Pezzotta (2004). Regia Damiano Damiani. Cinemazero, 2004. ISBN   8890121823.
  3. ↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   8884405033.

Related Research Articles

Ernesto Gastaldi is an Italian screenwriter. Film historian and critic Tim Lucas described Gastaldi as the first Italian screenwriter to specialize in horror and thriller films. Gastaldi worked within several popular genres including pepla, Western and spy films.

A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gian Maria Volonté</span> Italian actor (1933–1994)

Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is best known for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damiano Damiani</span> Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer

Damiano Damiani was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him "the most American of Italian directors".

Piero Regnoli (1921–2001) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

<i>La vendetta di Lady Morgan</i> 1965 Italian film

La vendetta di Lady Morgan is a 1965 Italian horror film directed by Massimo Pupillo and written by Gianni Grimaldi.

<i>A Girl Called Jules</i> 1970 film

A Girl Called Jules is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Tonino Valerii.

<i>Execution Squad</i> 1972 film

Execution Squad is a 1972 crime film directed by Steno and starring Enrico Maria Salerno. Set during Italy's tumultuous anni di piombo, the film obtained a great commercial success.

<i>I Am Afraid</i> 1977 Italian crime-drama film directed by Damiano Damiani

I Am Afraid is an Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani.

<i>The Warning</i> (1980 film) 1980 Italian film

The Warning is a 1980 Italian crime-giallo film directed by Damiano Damiani.

<i>The Night of the Devils</i> 1972 film

The Night of the Devils is a 1972 film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's novel The Family of the Vourdalak.

<i>Mia moglie è una strega</i> 1980 Italian film

Mia moglie è una strega is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo.

<i>An Angel for Satan</i> 1966 Italian film

An Angel for Satan is a 1966 Italian horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. It stars Barbara Steele in a dual role, as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda, and is set in a small Italian village by a lake. It is based on a short novel by Luigi Emmanuele. This was Barbara Steele's last "Italian Gothic".

<i>The Murder Clinic</i> 1966 film

The Murder Clinic is a 1966 slasher giallo film directed by Lionello De Felice and Elio Scardamaglia. It was produced by Elio Scardamaglia, Francesco Scardamaglia and Luciano Martino;. The screenplay was written by Martino and Ernesto Gastaldi from their own story. It stars William Berger, Françoise Prévost, Harriet White Medin, Mary Young, and Barbara Wilson.

<i>Terror in the Crypt</i> 1964 film by Camillo Mastrocinque

Terror in the Crypt is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. The screenplay was by Tonino Valerii and Ernesto Gastaldi, based on the 1872 novel Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It was the third film adaptation of the novel, following Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932) and Roger Vadim's Blood and Roses (1960).

Luigi Carpentieri (1920-1987) was an Italian assistant director (1940-1949) and film producer (1947-1968). Together with Ermanno Donati, he founded the production company "Athena Cinematografica", which in 1960 became "Panda Cinematografica". All films produced by the company were genre films.

Ermanno Donati was an Italian film producer. Along with Luigi Carpentieri, Donati won the Nastro d'Argento award for Best Producer for the film The Day of the Owl.

<i>Sex of the Witch</i> 1973 Italian film

Sex of the Witch is a 1973 Italian erotic gothic horror film directed by Angelo Pannaccio and starring Susanna Levi, Jessica Dublin, Sergio Ferrero, Donald O'Brien, and Camille Keaton.

<i>But You Were Dead</i> 1966 Italian film

But You Were Dead is a 1966 Italian film directed, produced, shot and edited by Gianni Vernuccio.

Blow Job is a 1980 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone.

References


Italy film clapperboard.svg

This article related to an Italian film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Horrorfilm.jpg

This 1960s horror film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.