Malenka (1969)

Country of Origin: Spain / Italy
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 88 mins (USA) 90 mins (Spain) 98 mins (Italy)
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cobra Films / Felix Cinematografica / Tritón P.C. / Victory Films
Producers: Aubrey Ambert (real name: Adriana Ambesi), Rosanna Yanni
Production Managers: José María Alonso Pesquera, Alfonso Donati, H.S. Valdés

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Amando de Ossorio

DIRECTION
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Assistant Directors: Juan L. Isasi, Renato Rizzuto

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fulvio Testi
Camera Operators: Cesare Albione (real name: Cesare Allione), Jose G. Galisto

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Antonio Gimeno

MUSIC
Music: Carlo Savina

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Manolita Ponte, Marisa Tilli (real name: Marisa Tilly)
Hair: Antonio Nieto, Ana Maria Zinni

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Augusto Lega, Félix Michelena
Art Directors: Lega-Michelena (real names: Augusto Lega, Félix Michelena)
Set Decorator: Ennio Michettoni

LOCATIONS
Locations: La Alberca, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain; Madrid, Spain; Rome, Lazio, Italy; San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain

CAST
Anita Ekberg (Malenka / Sylvia Morel)
John Hamilton (real name: Gianni Medici) (Dr Pietro Lufuani)
Diana Lorys (Bertha Zemis)
Rosanna Yanni (Freya Zemis)
Guy Roberts (real name: César Benet) (Max)
Carlos Casaravilla (Dr Horbringer)
Fernando Bilbao (Vladis the coachman)
Paul Muller (innkeeper)
Adriana Santucci (the Count's maid)
Aurelia Treviño (village woman)
Juanita Ramírez (Brugard the barmaid)
Audrey Ambert (real name: Adriana Ambesi) (Blinka)
Julián Ugarte (Uncle / Count Walbrooke)
Keith Kendal (man)

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Ambassador Film Distributors
DVD Distributors: St Clair Vision

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Rosa Films S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Europix International
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Retromedia Entertainment Inc

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: PG

TIMELINE

1969
August
7: Spain - theatrical release

1973
May
18: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bloody Girl
Fangs of the Living Dead - US title
Malenka la risposta del vampiro - Italian title
Malenka the Vampire
Malenka, la nipote del vampiro - Italian title
Malenka: la sobrina del vampiro - Spanish title
The Niece of the Vampire
La nipote del vampiro - Italian title
The Vampire's Niece

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)

KEYWORDS

vampires, witchcraft

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008