What Have You Done to Solange?
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| What Have You Done to Solange? | |
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| Directed by | Massimo Dallamano |
| Written by | Bruno Di Geronimo, Massimo Dallamano |
| Produced by | Leo Pescarolo |
| Starring | Karin Baal Joachim Fuchsberger Cristina Galbó Camille Keaton Fabio Testi |
| Cinematography | Joe D'Amato |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Release date | 1972 |
Running time | 105 min |
| Country | Italy |
What Have You Done to Solange? is a 1972 giallo film directed by Massimo Dallamano. The film is loosely based on the Edgar Wallace mystery novel The Clue of the New Pin. It was shot on location in London, England over the course of six weeks in the fall of 1971. The film's Italian title is Cosa avete fatto a Solange? In recent years, the film has gained a reputation as one of the better giallo films of the early 1970s among fans of the genre.
Plot
Italian teacher Enrico Rosseni is having an affair with one of his lovely young students. While on an afternoon outing the two lovers learn that a fellow student is brutally murdered mere yards from them. Now other female students are being targeted by a killer with a sinister vendetta and Rosseni is looking like a suspect.
Cast
Fabio Testi ... Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni
Cristina Galbó ... Elizabeth Seccles
Karin Baal ... Herta Rosseni
Joachim Fuchsberger ... Inspector Barth
Günther Stoll ... Professor Bascombe
Claudia Butenuth ... Brenda Pilchard
Camille Keaton ... Solange Beauregard
Maria Monti ... Mrs. Erickson
Giancarlo Badessi ... Mr. Erickson
Pilar Castel ... Janet Bryant
Giovanna Di Bernardo ... Helen Edmonds
Vittorio Fanfoni ... Enrico's friend
Antonio Casale ... Mr. Newton
Emilia Wolkowicz ... Ruth Holden
Daniele Micheletti ... Mr. Bryant
Rainer Penkert ... Mr. Leach
Carla Mancini ... Susan
Alternate Versions
- The "uncut" DVD has some scenes in the still and artwork gallery that are not shown in that 2002 video release. These include: more nude shots of Elizabeth's body (Cristina Galbó); a scene of a topless Solange (Camille Keaton) being visited by the unidentified killer which is very crucial to the plot; the shower scenes are cropped so that the schoolgirls are only shown topless.
- The UK cinema certificate was rejected by the BBFC. It was eventually released on the Redemption video label in 1996 after 2 minutes 15 secs of cuts to edit the bath murder, and heavily reduce shots of nudity and knives between victim's legs & knees.
Alternate Titles
- Das Geheimnis der grünen Stecknadel (Germany)
- Solange (UK)
- Terror in the Woods (USA)
- The School That Couldn't Scream (USA)
- The Secret of the Green Pins (USA)
- What Have They Done to Solange? (USA)
- What Have You Done to Solange? (UK)
- Who Killed Solange?
- Who's Next? (UK)
- ¿Qué habéis hecho con Solange? (Spain)
- Que Fizeram a Solange? (Portugal)
- O Que Fizeram a Solange? (Brazil)
- ¿Qué hicieron con Solange? (Argentina)
- ¿Qué le han hecho a Solange? (Peru, Venezuela)
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