The Night of the Devils
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| Directed by | Giorgio Ferroni |
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| Story by | Eduardo Manzanos Brochero[1] |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer[1] |
| Edited by | Gianmaria Messeri[1] |
| Music by | Giorgio Gaslini[1] |
| Distributed by | P.A.C. |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
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| Box office | ₤156.686 million |
The Night of the Devils (Italian: La notte dei diavoli, Spanish: La noche de los diablos) is a 1972 film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's novel The Family of the Vourdalak.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Gianni Garko: Nicola
- Agostina Belli: Sdenka
- Roberto Maldera: Jovan
- Bill Vanders: Gorka Ciuvelak
- Cinzia De Carolis: Irina
- Maria Monti: Witch
- Teresa Gimpera: Elena
- Umberto Raho: Dr. Tosi
Production
The Night of the Devils was an Italian and Spanish co-production financed by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero's Copercines and two Italian companies: Filmes and Due Emme.[1] The latter company was founded in 1971 by Roberto Maldera who also had a main role in the film, and Luigi Mariani.[1] The Night of the Devils was shot in five weeks starting in late 1971 to early 1972 near Bracciano Lake.[5] Director Ferroni was 63 when directing the film and nearly deaf and had to shoot the film with the assistance of a hearing aid.[5]
Release
The Night of the Devils was distributed theatrically in Italy on 29 April 1972 where it was distributed by P.A.C.[1] It grossed a total of 156,686,000 Italian lire in Italy.[1] It was released in Spain on 25 June 1973.[1]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Curti 2017, p. 74.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
- ^ "The Night of the Devils Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Night of the Devils (1972)". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 76.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 1476629609.
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