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Miss Muerte (1966)

Country of Origin: Spain / France
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 86 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Spéva Films S.A. / Ciné-Alliance / Hesperia Films S.A.
Producers: Michel Safra, Serge Silberman
Production Manager: Henri Baum

SCRIPT
Script: David Kuhne (real name: Jesus Franco)
Adaptation / Dialogue: Jean-Claude Carrière

DIRECTION
Director: Jesus Franco
Assistant Director: Robert Demollière

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alejandro Ulloa
Camera: Clemente Manzano
Lab: Franay L.T.C. Saint-Cloud

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Editors: Jean Feyte, Marie-Louise Barberot
Assistant Editors: Arlette Lalande, Monique Teisseire

MUSIC
Music: Daniel White
Music Publishers: Eco-Music

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Louis Hochet
Dubbing: Ste Linguasynchrone

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make Up: Raymond Ferrer

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Tony Cortes (real name: Antonio Cortés)

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Nicole Guettard
Production Secretary: Odette Darrigol
Administrators: Jacqueline Dudilleux, Jean Van Praag

CAST
Estella Blain (Nadja / Miss Muerte)
Mabel Karr (Irma Zimmer)
Howard Vernon (Dr Vicas)
Fernando Montes (Dr Phillippe Brighthouse)
Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui
Cris Huerta
Alberto Bourbón
Guy Mairesse (Hans Bergen)
Antonio Jiménez Escribano (Dr Zimmer - uncredited)
Ana Castor (Dr Zimmer's assistant - uncredited)
Alberto Dalbés (uncredited)
Jesus Franco (uncredited)
José María Prada (uncredited)
Lucía Prado (uncredited)
Daniel White (Inspector Green - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Doctor Von Zimmer captures the escaped criminal Franz Bergen and uses him as the subject of his strange experiments. He dies of a heart attack when his work on the removal of the personality is ridiculed by his peers and his daughte Irma vows to carry on his work and avenge his death. She uses her father's techniques to possess the nightclub dancer Nadia, known as Miss Death, who is soon murdering on her behalf.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Astral Films

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Mercurio Films S.A.

UK
DVD Distributor: Mondo Macabro

USA
Theatrical Distributor: U.S. Films Inc
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributor: Mondo Macabro (1460-7)

TIMELINE

1967
February

15: USA – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dans les griffes du maniaque - French title
The Diabolical Dr Z - US title
Le diabolique docteur Z - French title
Das Geheimnis des Dr Z - West German title
Miss Death

LINKS

SEE ALSO
El enigma del ataúd (1969)
Gritos en la noche (1962)
Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1973)
El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984)
La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1971)

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

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Obsession - The Films of Jesus Franco pp.51 - 52
illustrated credits, review (by Lucas Balbo)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

dancers, mind control, nightclubs, revenge, scientists, sequels


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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