La isla de la muerte (1967)

Countries of Origin: Spain/West Germany
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 88 mins
Length: 2324 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor     Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Orbita Film S.A. / Theumer Filmproduktion / Órbita Films
Produced by: George Ferrer, Ernst R. von Theumer
Production Manager: Enrique F. Sagaseta

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Ira Meltcher (real name: Mel Welles), Ernst v. Theumer, Stephen Schmidt
Story: Ira Meltcher (real name: Mel Welles)

DIRECTION
Directed by: Mel Welles
Assistant Directors: Juan Ignacio Galván, Fanny Wesling

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Juan Mariné, Cecilio Paniagua
Stills: Víctor Benítez

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Antonio Cánovas
German Version Editor: Siegfrid Krämer

MUSIC
Music: A. Garcia Abril, José Muñoz Molleda

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Wardrobe: Anita Pedrola
Make Up: Juana Culell

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director / Set Decorator: Francisco Canet

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Maria Dolores Proubasta
Accountant: Jose M. Baldasano

LOCATIONS
Locations: Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain; Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

CAST
Cameron Mitchell (Baron von Weser)
George Martin (David Moss)
Elisa Montés (Beth Christianson)
Rolf v. Naukoff (real name: Rolf von Nauckhoff) (James Robinson)
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (Myrtle Callihan)
Kai Fischer (Cora Robinson)
Hermann Nehlsen (Professor Jules Demerest)
Mike Brendel (Baldi, the manservant)
Ricardo Valle (Alfredo)

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of tourists are trapped on an island with the result of a mad scientist's experiment - a blood-sucking vampire tree.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: International Film Distributors

France
Theatrical Distributors: Élysée Films

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Cinedía

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

West Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Accord-Film

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: banned in 1968

Spain
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1967
February
20: Spain – theatrical release

July
21: West Germany – theatrical release

November
15: USA – theatrical release

1970
November
25: France – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

What Was the Terrifying Secret of the Vampire Tree?

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Le baron vampire - French title
The Bloodsuckers
Death Island
Das Geheimnis der Todesinsel - West German title
Island of the Dead
Island of the Doomed - US title
Kuoleman saari - Finnish title
Man Eater of Hydra - US TV title

KEYWORDS

islands, monsters, plants

Last Updated: 1 March, 2009