Death Smiled at Murder (1973) ( La Morte ha sorriso all'assassino ) ( Death Smiles on a Murderer )

Death Smiled at Murder (1973) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: La Morte ha sorriso all'assassino
Alternate Title: Death Smiles on a Murderer
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Joe D'Amato

Written By:
Joe D'Amato
Claudio Bernabei

Actors:
Ewa Aulin ..... Greta von Holstein
Klaus Kinski ..... Dr. Sturges
Angela Bo ..... Eva von Ravensbrück
Sergio Doria ..... Walter von Ravensbrück
Attilio Dottesio ..... Inspector Dannick
Marco Mariani ..... Simeon, the butler
Luciano Rossi ..... Franz, Greta's Brother
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart ..... Dr. von Ravensbrück, Walter's Father
Fernando Cerulli ..... Professor Kempte (as Franco Cerulli)
Carla Mancini ..... Ballet dancer
Giorgio Dolfin

Synopsis:

Tranquil America of the early twentieth century is the setting for Joe D'Amato's (billed here under his real name, Aristide Massaccesi) first plunge into the sex and horror genre, in which he would go on to be somewhat of a pioneer. The film opens with a mournful man by the name of Frans doting over his sister Greta's lifeless corpse. Caressing her enticing frame, a flood of memories overcomes him as he recalls the many warm experiences he had with her. However, his composure soon turns vengeful, as he recalls her last days and the hands at which her fate was sealed. The film truly begins with an elongated flashback playing out in Frans' mind, where Greta, her horse carriage taking a nasty spill and leaving her unconscious, soon becomes at the mercy of the nearby neighbors. She is soon laid up in bed and examined by a mysterious physician, Dr. Sturges (Klaus Kinski) and diagnosed with amnesia. Stripped of her memory, Greta recuperates in the Good Samaritans' household and eventually befriends her caretakers and becomes an integral part of their elitist society. In addition, she manages to win the hearts of a married couple, Walter and Eva. Not only does Greta break their marital vows, but a strange chain of murders begins to crop up around the mysterious guest as she continues her stay. The explanation to such mysteries includes no more than supernatural revenge, medical science that can bring back the dead, and many hallucinatory twists and turns challenging the coherency of the tale's fabric.

When an amnesiac woman suffers an accident near a country estate, the couple that lives there takes her in. Her arrival sets off a series of murders.

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