Pact with the Devil (1950)
1h 24m
Running Time
January 11, 1950Release Date
Pact with the Devil (1950)
1h 24m
Running Time
January 11, 1950Release Date
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Plot.
The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
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Cast & Crew.
Annibale Betrone
Old Laroccha - Marta's father
Guido Celano
Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
Isa Miranda
Marta Larocca
Eduardo Ciannelli
Giacomo Mola
Fiore Davanzati
Sarina
Jacques François
Andrea Mola
Anne Vernon
Andrea's sister
Luigi Chiarini
Director
Corrado Alvaro
Writer
Sergio Amidei
Writer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writer
Ave Ninchi
Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
Carlo Mazzoni
Writer
Lamberto Picasso
The priest
Mario Serandrei
Writer
Umberto Spadaro
Scoppola - the killer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 11, 1950
Original NamePatto col diavolo
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
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Wiki.
Pact with the Devil (Italian: Patto col diavolo) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Isa Miranda, Jacques François and Eduardo Ciannelli. Much of the film was shot on location in Calabria in Southern Italy.