Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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.
Cast: Isa Miranda, Jacques François, Annibale Betrone, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ave Ninchi, Luigi Tosi, Anne Vernon, Fiore Davanzati, Umberto Spadaro, Guido Celano, Lamberto Picasso, Camillo Pilotto, Jacques Sernas, Nico Pepe, Alfredo Robert, Angelo Dessy, Oreste Fares, Checco Rissone, Saro Urzì
Writers: Suso Cecchi d'Amico (Writer), Luigi Chiarini (Writer), Mario Serandrei (Writer), Sergio Amidei (Writer), Carlo Mazzoni (Writer), Corrado Alvaro (Writer)
Cinematographer: Mario Montuori
Production Designer: Guido Fiorini
Editor: Mario Serandrei
Composer: Achille Longo
Costume Designer: Maria De Matteis
Direction team: Giovanni Passante Spaccapietre (Assistant Director), Francesco Maselli (Assistant Director)
Producer: Alberto Salvatori
Production: ENIC
