Che? [1972]

Country of Origin: Italy / France / West Germany
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 108 mins 115 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm Todd-AO 35
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion / Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion / Les Films Concordia
Producer: Carlo Ponti

SCRIPT
Script: Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski

DIRECTION
Director: Roman Polanski
2nd Unit Director: Hercules Bellville
Assistant Director: Tony Brandt

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Marcello Gatti, Giuseppe Ruzzolini

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Alastair McIntyre

MUSIC
Music: Claudio Gizzi; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Bernard Bats

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Giuseppe Banchelli
Costume Designer: Adriana Berselli

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Aurelio Crugnola
Art Director: Franco Fumagalli

CAST
Marcello Mastroianni [Alex]
Sydne Rome [Nancy]
Hugh Griffith [Joseph Noblart]
Guido Alberti [priest]
Gianfranco Piacentini [Tony]
Carlo Delle Piane
Mario Bussolino
Henning Schlüter [Catone]
Christiane Barry [dresser]
Pietro Tordi
Nerina Montagnani
Mogens von Gadow, Dieter Hallervorden [Germans]
Elisabeth Witte [nurse]
John Karlsen [Edward]
Livio Galassi
Alvaro Vitali
Luigi Bonos
Carla Mancini
Romolo Valli [Giovanni]
Franco Pesci
Cicely Browne [Ruth - uncredited]
Renee Langer [naked girl with hat - uncredited]
Richard McNamara [Charlie - uncredited]
Roger Middleton [Jimmy - uncredited]
Birgitta Nilsson [naked girl - uncredited]
Roman Polanski [Mosquito - uncredited]

A young American woman is on a trip to Italy when she stumbles across a very strange Mediterranean villa. The longer she stays, the more she begins to doubt that what she's seeing is real and she enters a surreal world straight out of Alice in Wonderland.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Finland
Rating: K-16

Norway
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: X [1972]; R [1976]

1972
December
25: West Germany – theatrical release

1973
October
15: Sweden – theatrical release

1974
September
20: Finland – theatrical release

The kinkiest caper of the year!

Co? - Polish title
Diary of Forbidden Dreams – US title
Mikä? - Finnish title
¿Qué? - Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Quoi? - French title
Was? - West German title
What? – UK / USA title

MAGAZINES

Cineforum no.120 [February 1973] pp.181-188 [Italy]
article

CinemaTV Today no.10082 [11 May 1974] p.36 [UK]
review

Films and Filming vol.20 no.9 [June 1974] p.45 [UK]
review

Filmwoche no.45 [23 August 1972] p.10 [West Germany]
credits

Hollywood Reporter vol.228 no.22 [10 October 1973] p.8 [USA]
review

Image et Son no.272 [May 1973] pp.119-120 [France]
review

Jeune Cinéma no.71 [June 1973] pp.41-43 [France]
review

Kino vol.23 no.6 [June 1989] pp.19-22 [Poland]
article

Monogram bo.6 [October 1975] pp.22-25 [UK]
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.41 no.484 [May 1974] pp.94-95 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review

Movietone News no.62-63 [29 December 1979] p.46 [USA]
review

Variety 10 January 1973 p.18 [USA]
credits, review

KEYWORDS

sex, rape, surrealism, villas