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
- Isa MirandaMarta Larocca
- Jacques FrançoisAndrea Mola
- Annibale BetroneOld Laroccha - Marta's father
- Eduardo CiannelliGiacomo Mola
- Ave NinchiSignora Mola - Giacomo's wife
- Luigi TosiRocco
- Anne VernonAndrea's sister
- Fiore DavanzatiSarina
- Umberto SpadaroScoppola - the killer
- Guido CelanoIl sottuficiale dei carabinieri
Crew
- Luigi ChiariniDirector
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoWriter
- Luigi ChiariniWriter
- Carlo MazzoniWriter
- Mario MontuoriDirector of Photography
- Achille LongoOriginal Music Composer
- Mario SerandreiEditor
- Alberto SalvatoriProducer
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