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Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (1967)
Country of Origin:
West Germany
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 85 mins
Length: 2353 metres
Format: Technicolor 35mm Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH
Executive Producer: Erwin Gitt
Producer: Wolfgang Kühnlenz
Production Supervisor: Erwin Gitt
Production Manager: Wolfgang Kühnlenz
SCRIPT
Script: Manfred R. Köhler
Story: The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
DIRECTION
Director: Harald Reinl
Assistant Director: Charles Wakefield
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernst W. Kalinke
Lab: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Hermann Haller
MUSIC
Music: Peter Thomas
SOUND
Sound: Hans Joachim Richter
COSTUMES AND MAKE -UP
Make Up: Erich L. Schunckel
Costume Designer: Irms Pauli
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Erwin Lange, Theo Nischwitz
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Will Achtmann, Gabriel Pellon
Set Decorator: Gabriel Pellon
LOCATIONS
Locations: Detmold, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany; Isartal, Bavaria,
Germany; Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany CAST
Lex Barker (Roger Mont Elise / Roger von Marienberg)
Christopher Lee (Count
Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai)
Karin Dor (Baroness Lilian von Brabant)
Carl Lange (Anathol)
Vladimir Medar (Pater Fabian)
Christiane Rücker (Babette)
Dieter Eppler (coachman)
PLOT SUMMARY
Count Regula is put to death for the murder
of twelve young virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five
years later, he returns from the dead to seek revenge, targetting
the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of tha
man who sentenced him to death.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Constantin Film
UK
Theatrical Distributor: New Realm
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Hemisphere Pictures Inc
Video Distributors: Interglobal Home Video; Magnum Video; Something
Weird Video
Worldwide
Theatrical Distributor: Exportfilm Bischoff and Company
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Sweden
Rating: 15
USA
Rating: M
TIMELINE
1967
October
5: West Germany – theatrical release
1970
April
20: Sweden – theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
La 13 vergine – Italian title
The Blood Demon – US title
Castle of the Walking Dead
Pendulum
Skräckens blodiga borg – Swedish title
Skrækborgen – Danish title
The Snake Pit – US video title
Tohtori Sadismin kauhukammio – Finnish title
El Tormento de las 13 doncellas – Spanish title
The Torture Chamber of Dr Sadism - US TV title
The Torture Room
LINKS
SEE ALSO
The Pit and the Pendulum (1913)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1990) KEYWORDS
castles; hangings; torture chambers; vampires
Last Updated:
20 October, 2008
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