The Night of the Devils

The Night of the Devils
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Produced by
  • Luigi Mariani
  • Eduardo Manzanos Brochero[1]
Screenplay by
  • Romano Migliorini
  • Giambattista Mussetto[1]
Story by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero[1]
Based on Sem'ya vurdalaka
by Aleksey Tolstoy
Starring
Music by Giorgio Gaslini[1]
Cinematography Manuel Berenguer[1]
Edited by Gianmaria Messeri[1]
Production
companies
  • Filmes Cinematografica
  • Due Emme Cinematografica
  • Copercines
  • Cooperativa Cinemátografica[1]
Distributed by P.A.C.
Release date
  • 29 April 1972 (1972-04-29) (Italy)
  • 25 June 1973 (1973-06-25) (Spain)
Running time
 89 minutes[1]
Country
Box office ₤156.686 million

The Night of the Devils (Italian: La notte dei diavoli, Spanish: La noche de los diablos) is a 1972 film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's novel The Family of the Vourdalak.[2][3][4]

Cast

Production

The Night of the Devils was an Italian and Spanish co-production financed by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero's Copercines and two Italian companies: Filmes and Due Emme.[1] The latter company was founded in 1971 by Roberto Maldera who also had a main role in the film, and Luigi Mariani.[1] The Night of the Devils was shot in five weeks starting in late 1971 to early 1972 near Bracciano Lake.[5] Director Ferroni was 63 when directing the film and nearly deaf and had to shoot the film with the assistance of a hearing aid.[5]

Release

The Night of the Devils was distributed theatrically in Italy on 29 April 1972 where it was distributed by P.A.C.[1] It grossed a total of 156,686,000 Italian lire in Italy.[1] It was released in Spain on 25 June 1973.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Curti 2017, p. 74.
  2. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
  3. ↑ "The Night of the Devils Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Night of the Devils (1972)". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 76.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 1476629609.



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