The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 115 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox
Producer: Quinn Martin
Unit Production Manager: William Eckhardt

SCRIPT
Script: Ben Maddow
Novel: Fred Mustard Stewart

DIRECTION
Director: Paul Wendkos
Assistant Director: David Hall

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: William W. Spencer
Camera Operator: Gene Evans
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard K. Brockway

MUSIC
Music: Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Liszt (The Mephisto Waltz)
Music Performed Byormed By: Jakob Gimpel (The Mephisto Waltz)
Orchestrator: Arthur Morton

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: John A. Bonner
Sound Mixer / Re-Recordist: Don J. Baseman
Sound System: Westrex Recording System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Dan Striepke
Make Up: Joe Di Bella
Hair: Pat Abbott
Costumes: Moss Mabry

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Howard A. Anderson Co

VISUAL EFFECTS
Main Title Designer: Phill Norman

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Richard Y. Haman
Set Decorator: Walter M. Soon, Raphael Bretton
Props Master: Sidney Greenwood

CAST
Alan Alda (Myles Clarkson)
Jacqueline Bisset (Paula Clarkson)
Barbara Parkins (Roxanne Delancey)
Brad Dillman (Bill Delancey)
William Windom (Dr West)
Kathleen Widdoes (Maggie West)
Pamelyn Ferdin (Abby Clarkson)
Curd Jurgens (Duncan Ely)
Curt Lowens (Agency Chief)
Gregory Morton (conductor)
Janee Michelle (Agency Chief's girlfriend)
Lilyan Chauvin (woman writer)
Khigh Dhiegh (Zanc Theun)
Alberto Morin (Bennett)
Berry Kroeger (Raymont)
Terrence Scammell (Richard)
Anabel Shaw (nurse)

PLOT SUMMARY

Rising concert pianist Myles Clarkson befriends an ailing piano maestro unaware that he is a Satanist planning to have their souls switch places when he dies.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Abril Vídeo

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Video Distributors: CBS / Fox

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1971
April
9: USA - theatrical release

1978
July
14: West Germany - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

The Devil Calls The Tune

...The Sound of Terror

When was the last time you were afraid? Really afraid?

Brace yourself for the ultimate transplant. The human soul.

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Rosemary's Baby (1968)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.297
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OTHER SOURCES

screen
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KEYWORDS

body swaps, book into film, magic, pianists, satanism, satanists

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009