Cosa avete fatto a Solange? (1972)

Country of Origin: West Germany/Italy
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 96 mins (Germany) 102 mins (UK) 107 mins (Portugal)
Length: 2633 metres (Germany) 2808 metres (Italy)
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: IIF Italian International Film presenta  Italian International Film - Roma/Clodio Cinematografica s.r.l - Roma /Rialto Film reben Philipsen GmbH & Co.KG - Berlin
Produced by: Leonardo Pescarolo
Production Supervisor: Giuliano Principato
Production Manager: Enrico Melonari

SCRIPT
Script and Story: Bruno Di Geronimo, Massimo Dallamano

DIRECTION
Director: Massimo Dallamano

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Aristide Massaccesi
Camera Operator: Luigi Ciccarese
Gaffer: Enzo Zocchi
Dolly Grip: Sesto Salino
Lab: Luciano Vittori

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Antonio Siciliano
Assistant Editor: Giuliano Corso

MUSIC
Original Music by: Ennio Morricone
Music Director: Bruno Nicolai
Music Publishers: RCA

SOUND
Sound: Francesco Vernier
Sound Cooperation: C.D.
Sound Recorded At: Clodio Cinematografica S.p.a.

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Dante Trani
Costumes: Sartoria Tigano Serafina lo Faro

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Gastone Carsetti
Assistant Art Director: Luigi Urbani

LOCATIONS
Studio: Elios - Roma

CAST
Fabio Testi (Enrico 'Henry' Rossini)
Cristina Galbo (Elizabeth Seccles)
Karin Baal (Herta Rossini)
Joachim Fuchsberger (Inspector Barth)
Günther Stoll (Professor Bascombe)
Claudia Butenuth (Brenda Pilchard)
Camille Keaton (Solange Beauregard)
Maria Monti (Mrs Erickson)
Giancarlo Badessi (Mr Erickson)
Pilar Castel (Janet Bryant)
Giovanna Di Bernardo (Helene)
Vittorio Fanfoni (Enrico's friend)
Marco Mariani (Reverend Weber)
Anthony Vernon (real name: Antonio Casale) (Mr Newton)
Emilia Wolkowich (Ruth Holden)
Daniele Micheletti (Mr Bryant)
Antonio Anelli
Rainer Penkert (Mr Leach)
Carla Mancini (girl in Enrico's class)
Aristide Massaccesi (CID officer with newspaper (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

At an exclusive residential school, a number of the female students have been murdered. The police are baffled and it's up to one of the teachers, Henry, who is having an affair with one of his pupils, to find the killer when he becomes the chief suspect. The girls meanwhile are confessing their secrets and suspicions to the school's priest - which could prove to be their undoing...

Japan
DVD Distributor: Trash Mountain Video - Epcott K.K.

Netherlands
DVD Distributors: EC Entertainment (EC 1012-DVD)

Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Filmitalus

USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP (1975)
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Media Blasters
DVD Distributor: Media Blasters

West Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Constantin Film

Portugal
Rating: M/18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 16

1972
February
12: Italy – passed by the ratings board

March
9: West Germany, Italy – theatrical release

1973
March
5: Sweden – theatrical release

1996
August
27: UK - video release

Das Geheimnis der grünen Stecknadel - West German title
Mais... qu'avez vous fait à Solange? - French title
Mannen i svart - Swedish title
¿Qué habéis hecho con Solange? - Spanish title
Que Fizeram a Solange? - Portugese title
The School That Couldn't Scream - US title
The Secret of the Green Pins - US title
Solange - UK video title
Terror in the Woods - US title
What Have They Done to Solange? - US title
Who Killed Solange?
Who's Next

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abortions, book into film, police, priests, schools, shower scenes, serial killers, splatter, students, teenagers

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009