#an Italian west german coproduction and loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace property; one of a series made by the German Rialto Film

[mariocki]

A doppia faccia (Double Face, 1969)

"Look, you need to tell me everything. I'm tired of all this reticence, insinuation and mystery! Tell me what you know."

#a doppia faccia #double face #Das Gesicht im Dunkeln #italian cinema #west german cinema #Riccardo Freda #Paul Hengge #klaus kinski #Christiane Krüger #Günther Stoll #annabella incontrera #sydney chaplin #Barbara Nelli #margaret lee #Carlo Marcolino #Luciano Spadoni #Ignazio Dolce #nora orlandi #edgar wallace #an Italian west german coproduction and loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace property; one of a series made by the German Rialto Film #production company. director Freda (who had been responsible for I Vampiri a decade earlier‚ Italy's first sound horror film) worked from a #story initially set up by one of his successors‚ Lucio Fulci‚ tho a series of rewrites changed the film into something very different (and #bitterly disliked by Fulci). Freda was also responsible for getting Kinski onboard‚ tho this didn't translate into a good working #relationship: the two hated one another and Freda dubbed the notoriously difficult Kinski as the Crown Prince of Assholes #anyway. this is a minor giallo krimi blend with some outrageously cheap production elements and dismal special fx‚ but the plot (despite #the numerous rewrites) is actually kind of solid. the connection to Wallace is p much entirely manufactured but that's ok #it's kind of in keeping with the man's legacy; most Wallace adaptations post 1960 are in name only potboilers and this is really no #different (excepting the Italian connection).