Английская Википедия:Double Face

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Double Face (Шаблон:Lang-it, Шаблон:Lang-de/ translation: The Face in the Dark) is a 1969 thriller film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger and Annabella Incontrera. It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace adaptations made by Rialto Film.

Plot

A businessman named John Alexander learns that his wealthy wife Helen has died in a car accident. After mourning, he runs afoul of some shady characters who lead him to believe that his wife is still alive.

Cast

Cast information from the book Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker.Шаблон:Sfn

• Klaus Kinski as John Alexander
• Christiane Krüger as Christine
• Günther Stoll as Inspector Stevens
• Annabella Incontrera as Liz
• Sydney Chaplin as Mr. Brown
• Barbara Nelli as Alice
• Margaret Lee as Helen Alexander
• Carlo Marcolino as Butler
• Luciano Spadoni as Inspector Gordon
• Ignazio Dolce

The following cast went uncredited.Шаблон:Sfn

• Bedy Moratti
• Fulvio Pellegrino as a Policeman
• Domenico Ravenna as Man at a horse race

Production

During the later part of director Riccardo Freda's career, the director began attempting commercially viable genres.Шаблон:Sfn Freda met with Italian producer Oreste Coltellacci who set up a deal with the German company Rialto who created several work in the German subgenre called the krimi.Шаблон:Sfn The krimis were inspired by the works of Edgar Wallace and had been popular since Harald Reinl's film Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)Шаблон:Sfn In Germany, the film was promoted as being based on Das Gesicht im Dunkeln by Edgar Wallace.Шаблон:Sfn This was done for commercial reasons as the script had nothing to do with the book.Шаблон:Sfn The original story for the film was developed by Lucio Fulci, Romano Migliorini and Gianbattista Mussetto.Шаблон:Sfn The film's screenplay is credited to Freda and Austrian-born Paul Hengge.Шаблон:Sfn According to Giusti, Fulci wrote the first treatment.Шаблон:Sfn Fulci would claim in an interview in 1994 that he wrote the film for Freda.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He disliked the film, stating that Freda had "completely crushed it down to a pulp; at that time, he just didn't care anymore."Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

When casting the film, Freda met with Klaus Kinski in Rome where Kinski initially refused to be in the film not wanting to play another psychopathic character.Шаблон:Sfn Freda convinced him to take the role after learning he would play the part of a victim instead.Шаблон:Sfn

Double Face was shot between 20 January and 15 March 1969 at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in London and Liverpool.Шаблон:Sfn Freda and Kinski did not get along on set, with Freda referring to him as "the Crown Prince of Assholes"Шаблон:Sfn and eventually proceeding to shoot the film with a Kinski double he found on the set of a Federico Fellini film.Шаблон:Sfn When Kinski found out about this, he put aside his differences and continued working on the film.Шаблон:Sfn

Release

Double Face was released in West Germany on 4 July 1969 under the title of Das Gesicht im Dunkeln (Шаблон:Literal translation The Face in the Dark) with an 80 minute runtime.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It was distributed in West Germany by Constantin Film GmbH. It was released theatrically in Italy as A doppia faccia on 26 July 1969 where it was distributed by Panta with a 90 minute runtime.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The film grossed 175,626,000 Italian lire domestically in Italy.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

It was released later in France as Liz et Helen (Шаблон:Literal translation) and also with added adult scenes involving actress Alice Arno as Chaleur et Jouissance (Шаблон:Literal translation). It was released in the United States as Puzzle of Horrors.Шаблон:Sfn

Reception

Film critic Marco Giusti writes that Kinski "is mad, hysterical, but dominates the film", remembers the nice intrigue around Kinski's character, and praises the lesbian scenes.Шаблон:Sfn

References

Sources

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External links

• Шаблон:IMDb title