Night Hair Child (1971)

Country of Origin: Spain / UK / Italy / USA / West Germany
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 88 mins (Spain)     95 mins (UK)
Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cemo Film / Corona Filmproduktion / Eguiluz Films / Leander Films
Executive Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez
Producer: Graham Harris
Production Manager: Primitivo Álvaro

SCRIPT
Script: Andrea Bianchi, Bautista Lacasa, Trevor Preston
Story: Erich Kröhnke

DIRECTION
Directors: Andrea Bianchi (as Andrew White on Italian prints), James Kelley

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Luis Cuadrado, Harry Waxman

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Nicholas Wentworth

MUSIC
Music: Stelvio Cipriani

LOCATIONS
Locations: Madrid, Spain

CAST
Mark Lester (Marcus)
Britt Ekland (Elise)
Hardy Krüger (Paul)
Lilli Palmer (Dr Viorne)
Harry Andrews (headmaster)
Conchita Montes (Sophie)
Collette Jack (Sarah)
Ricardo Palacios
Emilio Rodríguez
Ricardo Valle

PLOT SUMMARY

The beautiful young bride of a widowed English writer in Spain finds her life made a misery by his 12-year old son who has recently been expelled from school. The child is bright, but vicious, taking great delight in psychologically torturing his new stepmother – or is it all just in the woman's imagination?

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Astral Films

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Cineteca S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Avco Embassy Pictures
Video Distributors: Interglobal Home Video; VCI Home Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1972
October
14: Italy - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Child of the Night
Diabólica malicia
Diabolisch - West German title
Night Child
La tua presenza nuda - Italian title
What the Peeper Saw - US title
Der Zeuge hinter der Wand - West German title

KEYWORDS

children, electrocution, killer children, matricide, voyeurism

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008