The Church (1989)
The Church (1989)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Hugh Quarshie
Father Gus
Tomas Arana
Evan
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
The Bishop
Barbara Cupisti
Lisa
Antonella Vitale
Bridal Model
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Reverend
Asia Argento
Lotte
Roberto Caruso
Freddie
Roberto Corbiletto
Hermann, the Sacristan
Alina De Simone
Lotte's Mother
Olivia Cupisti
Mira
Micaela Pignatelli
Fashion shoot photographer
John Karlsen
Heinrich
John Richardson
Architect
Michele Soavi
1st Policeman at Lisa's House / Director / Screenplay
Gianfranco De Grassi
The Accuser
Claire Hardwick
Joanna
Lars Jorgenson
Bruno
Katherine Bell Marjorie
Heinrich's Wife
Riccardo Minervini
Schoolboy
Enrico Osterman
The Torturer
Patrizia Punzo
Miss Brückner
Matteo Rocchietta
Younger Schoolboy
Isabella Rocchietta
Schoolgirl
Dario Argento
Story / Presenter / Producer / Screenplay
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Producer
Luca Anzellotti
Sound Effects Editor
Sergio Stivaletti
Special Effects
Maurizio Paiola
Costume Design
Franco Vitale
Still Photographer
Nicola Pecorini
Steadicam Operator
Massimo Cristofanelli
Special Effects
Piero Cucchi
Hairstylist
Piero Bozza
First Assistant Editor
Massimo Antonello Geleng
Production Design
Alessandro Carlotto
Camera Operator
Danilo Bollettini
Special Effects
E. Tappezzeri
Carpenter
Rosario Prestopino
Makeup Artist
Renato Tafuri
Director of Photography
Renato Agostini
Special Effects
Franco Fraticelli
Editor
Antigone Predatori
Carpenter
Franco Casagni
Makeup Artist
Enrico Maggi
Camera Operator
Assunta Emidi
Hairstylist
Fernando Massaccesi
Gaffer
Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer
Laura Borselli
Makeup Artist
Filiberto Fiaschi
Assistant Director
Fabio Pignatelli
Original Music Composer
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Barbara Morosetti
Makeup Artist
Keith Emerson
Original Music Composer
Franco Ferrini
Screenplay / Story
Claudio Paolucci
Boom Operator
Saverio Mangogna
Unit Manager
Ezio Orita
Production Secretary
Nick Alexander
Dialogue Editor
Marisa Calia
Continuity
Giulio Viggiani
Production Sound Mixer
Gianluca Pignatelli
Unit Publicist
Daniela Giovannoni
Assistant Set Designer
Augusto Proietti
Key Grip
Alfonso Vicari
Assistant Camera
Daniela Rocco
Production Secretary
Maurizio Cremisini
Assistant Camera
Claudio Antonucci
Wardrobe Assistant
Carlo Du Bois
Production Accountant
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
Stunt Coordinator
Osvaldo Monaco
Props
Caterina Napoleone
Set Dresser
Fabio Altamura
Props
Enrico Lucherini
Unit Publicist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 10, 1989
Original NameLa chiesa
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingR
Budget$3,500,000
Filming LocationsBudapest, Hungary · Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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The Church (Italian: La Chiesa) is a 1989 Italian horror film co-written and directed by Michele Soavi, and produced by Dario Argento with Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori. It stars Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Barbara Cupisti, Asia Argento, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. and Giovanni Lombardo Radice.
The film involves a church built upon the site of slain peasants and their mass grave. The church is designed by an architect who was buired alive with his creation, who created a device to seal off all entranced if the spirits of the church ever tried to get revenge. In the modern day, the cathedral's new librarian Evan investigates the crypt of the church and removes a seal which allows the demonic forces to attack the church occupants.
The Church was originally conceived as the third installment in the Dèmoni series, following Demons (1985) and Demons 2 (1986). Soavi insisted the film to be distant from the series, wanting it to be more sophisticated in style, and re-wrote the screenplay to remove any connection to the series. Filming was primarily shot in the Matthias Church in Budapest, with additional footage filmed at studio sets in Rome.