The Kiss (1974 film)

The Kiss
Elena and Guido
Directed by	Mario Lanfranchi
Written by	Pupi Avati Mario Lanfranchi
Based on	Il bacio di una morta by Carolina Invernizio
Starring	Maurizio Bonuglia Eleonora Giorgi Martine Beswick
Cinematography	Claudio Collepiccolo
Edited by	Luciano Anconetani
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Production company	InterVision
Release date	22 August 1974 (1974-08-22)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Kiss or The Kiss of Death (Italian : Il bacio) is a 1974 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Lanfranchi and starring Maurizio Bonuglia, Eleonora Giorgi and Martine Beswick. ^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. It was shot at the Elios Film Studios in Rome and on location in Venice.

Cast

• Maurizio Bonuglia as Guido Rambaldi
• Eleonora Giorgi as Elena Vergani - wife of Guido
• Martine Beswick as Nara Kotosky
• Valentina Cortese as Elizabeth Blixen
• Massimo Girotti as Eugenio Dazzi
• Brian Deacon as Alfonso - half-brother of Elena
• Vladek Sheybal as Portiere d'albergo
• Antonio Pierfederici
• Gianni Cavina as Gravedigger
• Barbara Vittoria Calori
• Franca Maresa
• Glauco Scarlini
• Luigi Zerbinati
• Giovanni Vannini as Doctor
• Vittorio Fanfoni as Lawyer of Nara
• Riccardo Berlingeri
• Gabriele Bentivoglio as Witness #1 at the duel
• Alessandro Perrella
• Corrado Annicelli
• Edoardo Toniolo
• Ines Pellegrini as Myosotis
• John Karlsen as Friedrich
• Antonio Spaccatini as Jeweller

References

1. Curti p.113

Bibliography

• Curti, Roberto. Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland, 2017.

External links

• The Kiss at IMDb