Ivanna (1970)

Country of Origin: Spain / Italy
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Prodimex Film / Órbita Films
Producers: José Luis Merino

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Enrico Colombo, María del Carmen Martínez Román, José Luis Merino

DIRECTION
Director: José Luis Merino

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Emanuele Di Cola

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Sandro Lena
Spanish Version Editor: José Antonio Rojo

MUSIC
Music: Luigi Malatesta

LOCATIONS
Locations: Italy

CAST
Erna Schürer (Ivanna Rakowsky)
Carlos Quiney (Janos Dalmar)
Agostina Belli (Cristiana)
Enzo Fisichella
Ezio Sancrotti
Christina Pathé (real name: Cristiana Galloni) (Olga)
Antonio Jiménez Escribano
Christian Pathé
Mariano Vidal Molina
Giancarlo Fantini
Franco Morald
Renato Paracchi
Javier Rivera

PLOT SUMMARY

Ivanna has landed a job on a remote estate as a biochemist working for Baron Janos Dalmar. She starts to fall in love with her new boss, but comes to suspect that he is not what he seems when a series of murders occur in the area around the estate.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: International Film Distributors

Italy
Video Distributors: Capitol International Video

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Columbus

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New World Pictures
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video; Charter; Lightning; Wizard
DVD Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Ventura Distribution

TIMELINE

1970
September
25: Italy - passed by the ratings board

October
8: Italy – theatrical release

1971
October
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

December
25: West Germany – theatrical release

1972
December
11: Spain – theatrical release

1976
April
28: France – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Altar of Blood
Blood Castle
Il castello dalle porte di fuoco - Italian title
Killers of the Castle of Blood
Le monstre du chateau - French title
Mördaren i skräckens slott - Swedish title
Pelkojen linna - Finnish video title
Scream of the Demon Lover – US title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Monthly Film Bulletin no.488 (September 1974) (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Videooze Winter 1993 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.338
credits, review

KEYWORDS

castles, demons, disembodied hands, rejuvenation, scientists, transformations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008