The diamond lady

Movie
German title	The diamond lady
Original title	Il diavolo a sette facce
Country of production	Italy
original language	English
Publishing year	1971
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Osvaldo Civirani
script	Tito Carpi; Osvaldo Civirani
production	Osvaldo Civirano
music	Stelvio Cipriani
camera	Walter Civirani
cut	Mauro Contini
occupation
	Carroll Baker : Julie Harrison / Mary Harrison; George Hilton : Tony Shane; Stephen Boyd : Attorney Dave Barton; Lucretia Love : Margareth; Ivano Staccioli : Louis, a criminal; Luciano Pigozzi : Steve Hunter, private investigator; Daniele Vargas : James Marlowe; Franco Ressel : Inspector Rinker; Carla Mancini; Gianni Pulone;
synchronization

The Diamond Lady (original title: Il diavolo a sette facce ) is an Italian crime film by Osvaldo Civirani , which was made in 1971. Cast in the leading roles with Carroll Baker and George Hilton , he was shown in Germany for the first time on April 12, 1986 on private television. It was also run under the original translated title The Devil Has Seven Faces and on DVD as The Devil with the 7 Faces .

action

Julie Harrison, who works in Amsterdam, is subject to persecution. So she barely escapes an attack, and she finds her apartment searched. Convinced that she will be mistaken for her twin sister Mary, who lives in London, she seeks help from lawyer Dave Barton. When leaving his office, she is attacked again, but rescued by Barton and his friend, racing driver Tony Shane. A romance is developing between Shane and Julie, meanwhile the reenactments don't want to end. While the police come into play through the murder of a colleague in Julie's apartment by one of their mysterious pursuers, Julie learns through a phone call from her sister that the gangsters are looking for diamonds that were stolen from a maharajah.

When Tony, on Julie's instructions, wants to pick up the diamonds Mary wants to send to the airport, he escapes an attack on his life and discovers that the diamonds are only a forgery; at the same time it shows that he is only after the stones. Julie must now try alone against everyone to save her life. Barton has now discovered through his own research that it is actually Mary - whose sister Julie was killed in an accident - who has arranged everything to remain the sole owner of the stolen diamonds. Neither of them notice that the diamonds are just a worthless duplicate.

criticism

The film received little enthusiastic reviews. Roberto Chiti writes that the film “could be consumed without a care in spite of some creaking doors, nocturnal howls and similar standards; he was a class C story "; very similar to Karsten Thurau: "Everything gets stuck on a staid C level." The lexicon of international film only saw a "boring crime film with some brutality and poor performance."

Remarks

Was shot u. a. in Amsterdam .

Web links

The diamonds Lady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The film in the Archivio del Cinema Italiano

Individual evidence

↑ Mancini could not be identified in this film and was possibly listed as a CSC actress for tax reasons, as is often the case
↑ in: Il Lavoro , July 6, 1972
↑ in: Michael Cholewa, Karsten Thurau: The terror is directing . 1999, p. 47
↑ The diamond lady. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Vol. 4, Vol. 1 A / L. Gremese 1996, p. 238

[1] Mancini could not be identified in this film and was possibly listed as a CSC actress for tax reasons, as is often the case

[2] : Il Lavoro , July 6, 1972

[3] : Michael Cholewa, Karsten Thurau: The terror is directing . 1999, p. 47

[4] The diamond lady. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[5] Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del cinema italiano, Vol. 4, Vol. 1 A / L. Gremese 1996, p. 238