A dead person hung on a bell rope (1964)

Movie
German title	A dead man hung on the bell rope
Original title	La cripta e l'incubo
Country of production	Italy Spain
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1964
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Camillo Mastrocinque
script	Tonino Valerii Ernesto Gastaldi
production	Mario Mariani
music	Carlo Savina
camera	Julio Ortas
cut	Herbert Markle
occupation
Christopher Lee : Count Ludwig Karnstein Adriana Ambesi : Laura Karnstein Ursula Davis : Ljuba José Campos : Friedrich Klauss Véra Valmont : Annette Angel Midlin : A hunchback beggar Carla Calò : Tilda Karnstein, Ljuba's mother Nela Conjiu : Rowena José Villasante : Cedric the butler James Brightman : A man José Cortés : A man

A dead person hung on a bell rope (original title: La cripta e l'incubo ) is an Italian-Spanish vampire film from 1964 by Camillo Mastrocinque , partly in black and white and partly in color. Tonino Valerii and Ernesto Gastaldi wrote the script . It is very loosely based on the novella " Carmilla " by the Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu . Christopher Lee , Adriana Ambesi and Ursula Davis can be seen in the leading roles . The work had its world premiere on May 27, 1964 in Italy. It had its cinema premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany three years later, on March 3, 1967.

action

The relatives of those at Karnstein have a hard time. An evil curse weighs on the noble family after an ancestor in the dark ages sentenced a witch to death at the stake . Now the lord's daughter is tormented by dreams of fear; a niece dies under mysterious circumstances; a hunchbacked beggar visits the castle from time to time and utters insane prophecies; the decision-maker holds black masses in the crypt , and the lord of the castle himself does not seem to be entirely normal. Only a young scholar is able to put an end to the ghost by exposing a young lady who is staying on the property as a vampire and rendering it harmless with a stake in the heart.

criticism

The lexicon of international films succinctly notes that the film is a "scary film of little entertainment value". The Protestant film observer comes to a similar assessment: “A confused, told horror story of inferior quality. Superfluous for everyone. "

Web link

• One dead hung on the bell rope in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 526/1967, page 666
2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3868