Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972)

Country of Origin: Italy/West Germany
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 85m [West Germany]/91m [Italy]
Length: 2292 metres [West Germany]/2511 metres [Italy]
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Director: Umberto Lenzi

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: a Flora Film/National Cinematografica (Rome)/Rialto Film (Berlin) production
Production Manager: Sergio Borelli
Production Coordinator: Lamberto Palmieri

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Roberto Gianviti and Umberto Lenzi; Umberto Lenzi and Paul Hengge [German prints]
Story by: Umberto Lenzi

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Fulvio Barresi
Continuity: M. Rosaria Cilento

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Angelo Lotti
Cameraman: Mario Sbrenna
Colour by: Technochrome

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Assistant Editor: Amedeo Moriani

MUSIC
Music Composed & Directed by: Riz Ortolani
Music Copyright: Gemelli

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Bruno Moreal
Sound Engineer: Guido Ortenzi
Sound Effects: Renato Marinelli
Sound Studio: N.C.
Recording: C.D.
English Edition: NC

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costumes: Giulia Mafai
Antonio Sabato and Pier Paolo Capponi's Styles by: Club Roman Fashion
Assistant Costumes: Silvio Laurenzi
Make Up: Sergio Angeloni
Hairdressing: Anna Graziosi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Designer: Giacomo Caló Carducci
Modern Set Furnishings by: Hot Line
Styles by: Anna Mode
Collages by: Asmi Nardo'
Abstracts by: Paolo D'Orazio
Figurations by: E. Pandolfini

LOCATIONS
Boutique interiors filmed in Rome at Lei Di Filippo
Art gallery interiors filmed in Rome at Nuova Pesa Gallery
Studio: De Paolis Incir Studios

CAST

Antonio Sabato (Mario)
Uschi Glass (Giulia)
Pier Paolo Capponi (Inspector Vismara)
Rossella Falk (Elena Marchi)
Marina Malfatti (Kathy Adams)
Renato Romano (the priest)
Claudio Gora (Raffaele Ferri)
Gabriella Giorgelli (Inez Tamborini)
Aldo Barberito (Lt Palumbo)
Bruno Corazzari (Barrett)
Franco Fantasia (Lt Renzi)
Linda Sini (Juanda)
Nello Pazzafini
Petra Schürmann (Concetta di Rosa)
Ivano Davoli
Fulvio Mingozzi (agent)
Nestore Cavaricci
Carla Mancini (Anna's maid)
Enzo Andronico (hotel porter)
Marisa Mell (Anna Sartori/Maria Sartori)

AVAILABILITY

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Constantin Film

Greece
Video Distributors: VCI

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Variety Film
Video Distributors: General Video

USA
DVD Distributors: Media Blasters

West Germany
Rating: 16

1971
September
6: Italy - filming begins

October
23: Italy - filming ends

1972
February
24: Italy - theatrical release

June
30: West Germany – theatrical release

Puzzle of the Silver Half Moons
Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds - West German title
Seitsemän veristä orkideaa - Finnish title
Sette volti per l'assassino
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Le tueur à l'orchidée - French title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Film Italiano 1971 - 1972 p.202 (Italy)
review

Filmwoche no.63 (5 November 1971) p.12 (West Germany)
credits

Filmwoche no.39 (21 July 1972) p.9 (West Germany)
review

Intermezzo no.5 (May - June 1972) p.15 (Italy)
review

Splatting Image no.39 (September 1999) pp.51-52 (Germany)
illustrated review (by Patrick Schneller)

Variety 23 August 1972 p.6 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

Dizionario del cinema italiano by Roberto Poppi
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

giallo

Last Updated: 5 August, 2009