Sei donne per l'assassino (1964)

Country of Origin: Italy / Monaco / France / West Germany
Year of Production: 1963 - 1964
Running Times: 84 mins     88 mins
Length: 2700 metres
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Emmepi Cinematografica / Les Films Georges de Beauregard / Monarchia
Producers: Massimo Patrizi, Alfredo Mirabile
English Language Version Producer: Lou Moss
Production Manager: Armand Gordon (real name: Armando Govoni)
Unit Manager: Frank Griffith (real name: Franco Grifeo)

SCRIPT
Script: Marcel Fondato (real name: Marcello Fondato)
Story: Marcel Fondato (real name: Marcello Fondato)
Script Collaborators: Joe Barilla (real name: Giuseppe Barilla), Mario Bava
English Language Version Script: Lou Moss
English Language Version Screen Adaptation: Kelly Leon

DIRECTION
Director: Mario Bava
English Language Version Director: Lou Moss
French Language Version Director: Jacques Michau
1st Assistant Director: Priscilla Conway (real name: Priscilla Contardi)
2nd Assistant Director: Christina Gray (real name: Cristina Grieco)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Herman Tarzana (real name: Ubaldo Terzano), Mario Bava (uncredited)
Cameraman: Morris Mankin (real name: Mario Mancini)
Lab: Tecnostampa

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Mark Suran (real name: Mario Serandrei)
Assistant Editor: Lena Carter (real name: Lina Caterini)

MUSIC
Music: Carl Rustic (real name: Carlo Rustichelli)
Music Publishers: C.A.M. (Rome)

SOUND
Sound: Victor Trenton (real name: Vittorio Trentino)
Sound Recording: Fonolox (Rome)
Sound Re-Recordist: Fausto Ancillai
English Language Version Recording: Pat Somerset
French Language Version Dialogue: Lucette Gaudiot

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Emil Trainor (real name: Emilio Trani)
Hair: Maria Logan (real name: Marisa Laganga)
Costume Designer: Tina Grand (real name: Tina Loriedo Grani)
Eva Bartok's Gowns: Eleanor Garnett (real name: Eleanora Garnett)

VISUAL EFFECTS
English Language Version Titles Designers: Filmation Associates

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Harry Brest (real name: Arrigo Breschi)

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Louis Lockheed (real name: Luciana Loschiavo)
Cashier: Peter Spencer (real name: Pietro Speziali)
Production Secretary: Ben Cardiff (real name: Benito Caripi)

LOCATIONS
Locations: Villa Pamphili, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Studio: A.T.C. Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Shooting at the antiques shop was filmed with the cooperation of la Società Dedalo

CAST
Cameron Mitchell (Massimo Morlacchi (Max Marian in English language prints))
Eva Bartok (Contessa Cristiana Como)
Thomas Reiner (Inspector Silvestri / Inspector Silvester)
Arian Gorin (real name: Arianna Gorini) (Nicole)
Dante Di Paolo (Franco Scalo / Frank Scalo)
Mary Arden (Real name: Dawne Mary Arden) (Peggy Peyton)
Frank Russel (real name: Franco Ressel) (Ricacardo Morelli / Marquis Richard Morell)
Claude Dantes (Tao-Li)
Nadia Antin (real name: Nadia Anty) (model)
Louis Pigot (real name: Luciano Pigozzi) (Cesare Lazzarini / Cesar Losarre)
Lea Krugher (real name: Lea Kruger) (Greta)
Max Wright (real name: Massimo Righi) (Marco)
Mara Carmosino (real name: Mary Carmen) (model)
Henry Verdan (real name: Enzo Cerusico) (gas station attendant)
Frances Right (real name: Francesca Ungaro) (Isabella)
Julian Rafael (real name: Giuliano Raffaelli) (Silvestri's assistant)
Harriete White Medin (real name: Harriet White Medin) (housekeeper)
Heidi Troy (real name: Heidi Stroh) (bleach blonde model)
Goffredo Unger (killer (uncredited))

FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION DUBBING CAST
Martine Sarcey
Sophie Leclair
Claude Chantal
Jacques Dacqmine
Bernard Dheran
Hubert Noël

PLOT SUMMARY

A maniac killer is stalking the models of a chic Roman fashion house. The police investigate - but is the killer all that he appears to be?

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: Epoca

France
Theatrical Distributors: Les Films Marboeuf

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Unidis

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Seleciónes Capitolino S. Huguet

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Gala Film Distributors Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributors: A Woolner Brothers Presentation / An Allied Artists Pictures Corporation release
Video Distributors: Media Home Entertainment; Sinister Cinema; VCI Home Video
DVD Distributors: VCI Home Video (DVD 8213); VCI Home Video; VCI Home Video (Mario Bava Box Set - with La frusta e il corpo (1963) and Operazione paura (1966))

West Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Gloria-Film

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Finland
Rating: K-16

France
Rating: -18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: X; 18

USA
Rating: unrated

West Germany
Rating: 16

TIMELINE

1963
November
22: Italy - filming begins

1964
January
8: Italy - filming ends

March
14: Italy - theatrical release

November
27: West Germany - theatrical release

December
30: France - theatrical release

1965
April
2: USA - theatrical release (in Chicago)
7: USA - theatrical release

1966
January
9: UK - theatrical release

1968
July
19: Finland - theatrical release

1972
February
14: Sweden - theatrical release

2000
October
24: USA - DVD release (VCI Home Video (DVD 8213))

November
28: USA - DVD release (VCI Home Video (Mario Bava Box Set - with La frusta e il corpo (1963) and Operazione paura (1966)))

2005
November
8: USA - DVD release (VCI Home Video)

POSTER TAGS

A fashion house of glamorous models becomes a terror house of blood!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

6 donne per l'assassino - alternative spelling
6 femmes pour l'assassin - French title
Assassinats dans la haute couture - French video title
L'atelier de la peur - French title
L'atelier della morte - shooting title
Blod och svarta spetsar - Swedish title
Blood and Black Lace - US title
Blutige Seide - West German title
Fashion House of Death
Himotappaja - Finnish title
Lustmördaren - Swedish title
Seis mujeres para el asesino - Spanish title
Seis mujeres para un asesino - Argentinean title
Six femmes pour l'assassin - French title
Six Women For the Murdere (sic) - original English language export title
Der Würger mit der Maske - Austrian title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Matador (1986)
Urban Gothic (2002)

KEYWORDS

diaries, drowning, giallo, masks, masked killers, models, serial killers, torture, twist endings

Last Updated: 20 October, 2008