La donna del lago (1965)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 82 mins (UK)     95 mins
Length: 2328 metres / 7380 ft
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l. / Istituto Luce
Producer: Manolo Bolognini
Production Manager: Roberto Cocco
Unit Production Manager: Bruno Frascà

SCRIPT
Script: Giulio Questi, Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini
Novel: Giovanni Comisso
Poem: The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott

DIRECTION
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini
Assistant Director: Meralda Pantanella, Piero Caponi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Leonida Barboni
Camera Operators: Camillo Bazzoni, Vittor Ugo Contino
Assistant Camera Operators: Sergio Salvati, Fernando Gallandt

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Nino Baragli
Assistant Editor: Sergio Montanari

MUSIC
Music: Renzo Rossellini

SOUND
Sound: Giannetto Nardi
Sound Mixer: Renato Cadueri

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Giannetto De Rossi
Hair: Ariana Cassini
Costumes: Danda Ortona

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Luigi Scaccianoce
Assistant Art Director: Dante Ferretti

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Marcella Mariani
Production Secretary: Nello Celletti

CAST
Peter Baldwin (Bernard)
Virna Lisi (Tilde)
Salvo Randone (Enrico)
Valentina Cortese (Irma)
Pia Lindström (Adriana)
Philippe Leroy (Mario)
Piero Anchisi (Francesco)
Ennio Balbo (doctor)
Anna Maria Gherardi
Bruno Scipionio
Mario Laurentino
Vittorio Duse

PLOT SUMMARY

A visitor to a small Italian village is disturbed by the strange, zombie-like behaviour of the locals. They seem to be under the control of a mysterious and beautiful woman - but what is she really up to?

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Butchers

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: X

TIMELINE

1965
July
1: Italy - passed by the ratings board
14: Switzerland - shown at the Locarno Film Festival

August
10: Italy - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Lady of the Lake
La mujer del lago - Spanish title
The Possessed - US title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Daily Cinema no.9269 (16 September 1966) p.4 (UK)
review

Kine Weekly no.3079 (6 October 1966) p.10 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.33 no.394 (November 1966) p.170 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Variety 4 August 1965 (USA)
credits, review (by Mosk)

KEYWORDS

book into film

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009