Italy, 1960
85m
black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric), Italian
An Italian horror film directed by Renato Polselli.
Plot Summary
A troupe of ballerinas are stranded at a remote castle, home of a group of vampires.
Credits
Crew
Director: Renato Polselli
Consorzio Italiano Films
Produced by: Bruno Bolognesi
Production Supervisor: Camillo Fantacci
Story and Screenplay by: Renato Polselli, Giuseppe Pellegrini, Ernesto Gastaldi
Assistant Director: Ernesto Gastaldi
Script Supervisor: Giuseppe Pellegrini
Director of Photography: Angelo Baistrocchi
Editor: Renato Cinquini
Original Music BY: Aldo Piga
Sound: Leopoldo Rosi, Raffaele del Monte
Costumes: Werter
Make-up: Gaetano Capogrosso
Hair: Ottorino Censi
Art Director: Amedeo Mellone
Set Decorator: Sandro Schirò [real name: Alessandro Schirò]
Production Secretary: Antonio Pisani
The film was shot in the establishments of the Ist. Naz. Luce
Cast
Hélène Rémy (Luisa)
Tina Gloriani (Francesca)
Walter Brandi (Herman)
Isarco Ravaioli (Luca)
John Turner [real name: Gino Turini] (Giorgio)
Ugo Cragnani [real name: Pier Ugo Gragnani] (the professor)
Brigitte Castor
Lut Maryk
Ombretta Ostenda
Bava Sanni
Marisa Quattrini
Giorgio Braccesi
Titti Valeri
Stefania Sabatini
Franca Licastro
Maria Luisa Rolando (Countess Alda)
Alternative Titles
L’amant del vampir – Spain (Catalan)
La amante del vampiro – Argentina, Panama
I eromeni tou vrykolaka – Greece
Die Geliebte des Vampirs – West Germany
La Maîtresse du vampire – France
The Vampire and the Ballerina – Canada, USA
The Vampire’s Lover – USA
O Vampiro e a Bailarina – Brazil
El vampiro y la bailarina – Mexico, Spain
Vampyyri ja balleriina – Finland
Возлюбленная вампира – Russia
References
Periodicals
- Intermezzo vol.15 no.12-13 (15 July 1960) – review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.128 – illustrated credits, review
- Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 by Robert Curti pp.60-64 – illustrated credits, review
- Italian Horror Films of the 1960s by Lawrence McCallum p.p.215-217 – illustrated credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.518 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.405-406 – credits, review
