La vittima designata (1971)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 105 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Produzione Cinematografiche Europee
Producer: Vico Pavoni
Production Supervisors: Angelo Zemella, Luigi Anastasi
Production Manager: Antonio Girasante

SCRIPT
Script: Fulvio Gicca
Story: Augusto Caminito, Aldo Lado, Maurizio Lucidi, Antonio Troiso

DIRECTION
Director: Maurizio Lucidi
Assistant Directors: Aldo Lado, Nello Vanin, Angelo Zemella

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Aldo Tonti
Camera Operator: Luciano Tonti
Assistant Camera: Mario Pastorini, Antonio Tonti

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Alessandro Lucidi

MUSIC
Music: Luis Enríquez Bacalov

SOUND
Sound: Sandro Sarandrea (real name: Alessandro Sarandrea)
Boom Operator: Giulio Viggiani

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Oretta Melaranci
Costume Designer: Enrico Sabbatini

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Enrico Sabbatini

LOCATIONS
Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy

CAST
Tomas Milian (Stefano)
Pierre Clémenti (Count Mateo Tiepolo)
Katia Christine
Luigi Casellato
Marisa Bartoli
Ottavio Alessi
Sandra Cardini (real name: Alessandra Cardini)
Enzo Tarascio
Carla Mancini
Bruno Boschetti

PLOT SUMMARY

A wealthy count and a disillusioned playboy begin a bizarre game as they each try to murder one of the other's parents. The count kills the playboy's wife but the playboy gets cold feet and tries to renege on the deal.

TIMELINE

1971
April
22: Italy - theatrical release

1974
August
21: France - theatrical release
30: West Germany - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Designated Victim - Swedish video / US title
Murder by Design - Dutch video title
Slam Out - UK video title
Der Todesengel - West German title
La víctima designada - Spanish title
La victime désignée - French title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

New Cinema vol.7 (July 1971) pp.64-67 (Italy)
review

KEYWORDS

giallo, police, psychopaths

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009