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L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (1969)
Country of Origin: Italy / West Germany
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 92 mins 7 sec (UK - video (Stablecane))
92 mins 10 Sec (UK - video (Vampix))
96 mins 7 Sec (Japan - video) 97 mins
(Japan - DVD) 98 mins 101 mins
Format: Technostampa 35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1 Techniscope
Cromoscope
Sound:
CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Companies: CCC Filmkunst GmbH / Glazier Seda Spettacoli
Producers: Salvatore
Argento, Artur Brauner
Production Managers: Umberto Sambuco, Camillo Teti
SCRIPT
Script: Dario
Argento
Novel: Screaming Mimi by Frederic Brown (uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Dario Argento
Assistant Director: Roberto Pariente
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro
Camera Operators: Enrico Umetelli, Arturo Zavattini
Stills: Muova Dial
EDITING
Editor: Franco Fraticelli
1st Assistant Editor: Cesarina Casini
2nd Assistant Editor: Sergio Fraticelli
MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone
Conductor: Bruno Nicolai
Music Editor: Bixio-Sam
SOUND
Sound: Carlo Diotavelli
Dialogue Director: Roberto Pietti
Boom Operator: Eugenio Fiore
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Pino Ferrante
Hair: Lidia Puglia
Costume Designer: Dario Micheli
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Dario Micheli
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Girl: Lida Chitarrini
Administrator: Angelo Tavazza
LOCATIONS
Locations: Rome, Lazio, Italy; De Paolis-IN.CI.R
CAST
Tony Musante (Sam
Dalmas)
Suzy Kendall (Julia)
Enrico Maria Salerno (Morosini)
Eva Renzi (Monica Ranieri)
Raf Valenti
Giuseppe Castellano (agent)
Mario Adorf (Berto Consalvi)
Pino Patti
Gildo Di Marco
Rosita Torosh
Omar Bonaro(other agent)
Fulvio Mingozzi
Werner Peters(antiques dealer)
Karen Valenti
Carla Mancini (girl in street)
Bruno Erba
Gianni Di Benedetto (Professor Renaldi)
Reggie Nalder (assassin)
Umberto Raho (Alberto Ranieri)
Renato Romano (Carlo Dover)
Annamaria Spogli
Dario Argento (black jacketed killer - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
American writer Sam Dalmas is in Rome when he witnesses the attempted
murder of the wife of an art gallery owner. The woman survives the attack,
but Dalmas finds himself stalked by the would-be killer, who has already
successful claimed a number of previous victims. Dalmas begins to investigate
but comes to realise that what he thinks he saw that night and what
was actually happening may not necessarily be the same things...
CAPSULE REVIEW
Dario Argento's
first film and it's a triumph - more conventional than his later work,
though it's none the worse for all that. It established all of the themes
and obsessions that were to run throughout his work and announced him
as one of the key horror movie talents of the 70s.
AVAILABILITY
Denmark
Video Distributor: Video International
France
Video Distributors: SVP; Cinema Conseil
DVD Distributor: TF1 Video (includes: French and Italian versions; Argento
filmography; interview with Argento; behind-the-scene photo gallery;
production notes; posters; screensaver; web link)
Germany
Video Distributor: Toppic 'Krimi' series
Italy
Video Distributors: Creazioni Home Video; Mondadori Video (MVEC03042)
Japan
Video Distributor: Columbia Video
DVD Distributor: Culture Publishers
Netherlands
Video Distributor: Polygram / Spectrum
Portugal
Video Distributor: Filmitalus
Spain
Video Distributor: Manga Films S.L.
UK
Video Distributors: Vampix / Videomedia; Stablecane
DVD Distributor: DIVID 2000 (DIVB010) (19 February 2001)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: UMC Pictures
Video Distributor: VCI Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment; Roan Group
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
Finland
Rating: K-18
France
Rating: -12
Germany
Rating: 16
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1970
February
19: Italy - theatrical release
June
24: West Germany - theatrical release
1971
June
20: France - theatrical release
1972
May
5: Finland - theatrical release
1983
March
7: Classified 18 by the BBFC (with 18 seconds of cuts) for Anglo American
Film Corp Ltd
1985
October
18:Classified 18 by the BBFC (with no cuts - running time 92 mins 7
sec) for Stablecane Ltd
1991
October
Day Unknown: UK TV (LWT)
2001
July
16: UK - DVD release (DIVID 2000 PLA 008)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage - US
title
Bird with the Glass Feathers
The Gallery Murders
Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe - West German title
Phantom of Terror
Point of Terror - US title
El pájaro de las plumas de cristal - Argentinean
/ Spanish title
Fuglen med krystalfjerpragten - Danish title
Kuoleman lintu - Finnish title
Ljudet av kristallfågeln - Swedish title
Ljudet från kristallfågeln - Swedish title
L'oiseau au plumage de cristal - French title
O Pássaro com Plumas de Cristal - Portugese
title
O Pássaro das Plumas de Cristal - Brazilian
title
Paratiisilinnun arvoitus - Finnish title
As Plumas de Cristal - Brazilian title
Le sadique aux gants noirs - French title
Svarta handsken - Swedish title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Suspiria (1977)
Dust Devil (1992)
Trauma (1993)
Screaming Mimi (1958)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Il Mondo
dell'orrore di Dario Argento (1985)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
British Board of Film Classification Monthly List
September 1985 (UK)
British censorship details
Cinefantastique vol.1 no.1 (Fall 1970)
pp.29-30 (USA)
review
Cinema d'oggi 9 March 1970 p.12 (Italy)
review
European Trash Cinema vol.2 no.6 pp.9-10
(USA)
review
Fangoria n191 (April 2000) pp.65-69 (USA)
note on DVD release (by Michael Gingold and Matthew Kiernan)
Filmwoche n58 (4 July 1970) p.9 (West
Germany)
review
Hollywood Reporter v212 n8 (23 July 1970)
p.3 (USA)
review by Craig Fisher
Kine Weekly n3284 (19 September 1970)
(UK)
review by Graham Clarke
Monthly Film Bulletin v37 n442 (November
1970) pp.233-234 (UK)
review (by anonymous), credits, synopsis
Spielfilm im ZDF no.1 (January - June
1984 p.72) (Germany)
review
Today's Cinema no.9840 (18 September
1970) p.8 (UK)
review (by Marjorie Bilbow)
Variety 29 July 1970 p.15 (USA)
review by Rick
NEWSPAPERS
New York Times 23 July 1970 p.25 (USA)
review (by Roger Greenspun)
BOOKS
Blood and Black Lace pp.7-8
credits, review (by Adrian Luther Smith)
Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds p.246
credits, article by Maitland McDonough
Creature Feature Strike Again p.43
credits, review
KEYWORDS
giallo, serial killers, art galleries, writers, rome, police
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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