USA, 1954
90m
35mm film, colour, 1.37:1
mono, English
An Italian fantasy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque]
Minerva Film presents an Excelsa-Carlo Ponti Cinematografica film
Producers: Alfredo De Laurentiis *, Carlo Ponti *
Production Supervisor: Giorgio Morra
Screenplay: Vittorio Metz, Nelli Francesco Nelli] and Mangini Luigi Mangini], Italo De Tuddo, Lucio Fulci, Totò, Camillo Mastrocinque
Story: Antonio de Curtis
Assistant Director: Leopoldo Savona
Director of Lighting: Aldo Tonti
Film Stock: Ferrania C.7 and Ferraniacolor
Editor: Gisa Radicchi Levi
Prints: Cimabo
Music: Pippo Barzizza, directed by the composer
Music Publishers: R.P.D.
Costume Designer: Gaia Romanini
Costumes: Mario Ferroni
Make-up: Giuliano Laurenti
Hairdresser: Elda Magnanti
Wigs: Rocchetti
Special Effects: Gatti & Urbisaglia
Art Director: Alberto Boccianti
Set Decorator: Luigi Gervasi
This film was made at the Ponti-DeLaurentiis studios
Cast
Totò [Antonio Marchi/March’ Antonio]
Maria Frau [Cleopatra]
Fulvia Franco [a wife]
Dante Maggio [Pacifico]
Franca Faldini [Maria]
Ubaldo Lay [Belfagor]
Nerio Bernardi [Satan]
Mario Castellani [Cri-Cri/a husband]
Wilma Casagrande [woman with furs]
Maja Jusanova [Miss Angoscia]
Olga Solbelli [Cleopatra’s mother]
Guglielmo Inglese [Scartaccio the cavalier]
Galeazzo Benti [the existentialist singer]
Mario Pisu [Tolomeo]
Vincent Barbi [Al Capone]
Erika Sendecher [Lucia] *
Mara Werlen [Elena di Troia] *
Aldo Giuffrè [Minosse] *
Gustavo Giorgi [Mustafa] *
Cristina Fantoni [Messalina] *
Mario Passante [Antonio’s father] *
Giulio Calì [Caronte] *
Tino Buazzelli [the devil’s secretary] *
Salvo Libassi *
Giacomo Furia *
Amedeo Girardi [guide] *
Teresa Vallesi *
Enzo Garinei *
Pietro Tordi [madman] *
Roberto Villa *
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.104
- The Devil on Screen: Feature Films Worldwide, 1913 Through 2000 by Charles P. Mitchell p.307
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.66-67
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.499 – credits
