Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
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| - | '''Riz (Riziero) Ortolani''' ([[September 4]], [[1931]] in [[Pesaro]], [[Italy]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] film composer. | ||
| - | In the early [[1950s]] Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown. His first score he wrote for the 1962 [[Gualtiero Jacopetti]] pseudo-documentary [[Mondo Cane]], whose main title-song ''More'' earned him a [[Grammy]] and also was nominated for an [[Academy award|Oscar]] as ''Best Song''. Another world famous track was his main-title for the movie [[O Cangaceiro]] (1970). | + | '''''Seven Blood-Stained Orchids''''' ({{lang-it|'''Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso'''}}) is a 1972 [[giallo film|''giallo'' film]] directed by [[Umberto Lenzi]], who also co-wrote the screenplay. |
| - | Ortolani scored all or parts of over 200 films, including [[German western]]s like ''Apache's Last Battle'' (''[[Old Shatterhand (film)|Old Shatterhand]]'', 1964) and a long series of Italian [[giallo]], [[Exploitation film|exploitation]] and [[mondo film]]s. | + | ==Plot == |
| + | A serial killer is on the loose, murdering certain women around the city. While travelling on a train on his honeymoon, Mario (Antonio Sabato) sees his wife brutally attacked aboard the train and after the killer gets away, the police accuse Mario of attacking his newlywed wife. Police decides to hide the fact that Giulia (Uschi Glas), Mario's wife is alive in order to protect her from the killer. Mario sets out to prove his innocence by attempting to solve the "Puzzle of the Silver Half Moons", which leads him to the hotel where he met his wife, a man name Frank Saunders, Christian Church's tour, a group of hippies, and Frank's ex-mistress. The film contains some very violent murders, some shown from the point of view of the knife-wielding, black-gloved killer, as he stabs a woman in her bed, bashes in the head of a prostitute, strangles a female artist with a telephone cord, drowns a mental patient in her bathtub, and even uses a power drill on one unfortunate victim. Mario must catch the real killer in order to prove his own innocence. | ||
| - | Other films Ortolani has scored include ''[[Il Sorpasso]]'' (1962), ''[[Io ho paura]]'' (1977), ''[[Danza macabra]]'' (1964), ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' (1968), ''[[Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso]]'' (1972), ''[[Africa addio]]'' (1966), ''[[Addio Zio Tom]]'' (1971), and the infamous ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (1980). | + | == Cast == |
| + | * [[Antonio Sabàto, Sr.|Antonio Sabàto]] as Mario Gerosa | ||
| + | * [[Uschi Glas]] as Giulia Torresi | ||
| + | * [[Pier Paolo Capponi]] as Inspector Vismara | ||
| + | * [[Petra Schürmann]] as Concetta Di Rosa | ||
| + | * [[Marisa Mell]] as Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori | ||
| + | * [[Gabriella Giorgelli]] as Ines Tamborini aka Toscana | ||
| + | * [[Renato Romano]] as The Priest | ||
| + | * [[Claudio Gora]] as Raffaele Ferri | ||
| + | * [[Rossella Falk]] as Elena Marchi | ||
| + | * [[Marina Malfatti]] as Kathy Adams | ||
| + | * [[Bruno Corazzari]] as Barrett | ||
| + | * [[Linda Sini]] as Wanda | ||
| + | * [[Aldo Barberito]] as Lt. Palumbo | ||
| + | * [[Franco Fantasia]] as Lt. Renzi | ||
| + | * [[Nello Pazzafini]] as Giovanni Rau | ||
| + | * [[Ivano Davoli]] as Dr. Palmieri | ||
| + | * [[Enzo Andronico]] as Hotel Director | ||
| + | * [[Carla Mancini]] as Anna's maid | ||
| - | Scores of Riz Ortolani have recently been featured in ''Grand Theft Auto: London 1969'' (1999), ''[[Kill Bill: Vol. 1]]'' (2003), and ''[[Kill Bill: Vol. 2]]'' (2004) | + | ==Production== |
| + | Towards the 1970s, Umberto Lenzi began focusing his attention on ''[[poliziotteschi]]'' films and his contributions to making ''gialli'' began to deteriorate.{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=204}} The score in the film by [[Riz Ortolani]] borrows liberally from his previous scores, including ''[[So Sweet...So Perverse]]'' and ''[[Perversion Story]]''.{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=205}} | ||
| + | The appearance of German actress Uschi Glas was imposed on by the German co-producers, who promoted the film as both a ''[[krimi]]'' film and an [[Edgar Wallace]] adaptation.{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=205}} Editor Clarissa Ambach is credited only in the German version of the film.{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=204}} | ||
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| + | ==Reception== | ||
| + | Lenzi later declared the film to be "superbly shot" as well as having a "pendantic" story. | ||
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (Template:Lang-it) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
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Plot
A serial killer is on the loose, murdering certain women around the city. While travelling on a train on his honeymoon, Mario (Antonio Sabato) sees his wife brutally attacked aboard the train and after the killer gets away, the police accuse Mario of attacking his newlywed wife. Police decides to hide the fact that Giulia (Uschi Glas), Mario's wife is alive in order to protect her from the killer. Mario sets out to prove his innocence by attempting to solve the "Puzzle of the Silver Half Moons", which leads him to the hotel where he met his wife, a man name Frank Saunders, Christian Church's tour, a group of hippies, and Frank's ex-mistress. The film contains some very violent murders, some shown from the point of view of the knife-wielding, black-gloved killer, as he stabs a woman in her bed, bashes in the head of a prostitute, strangles a female artist with a telephone cord, drowns a mental patient in her bathtub, and even uses a power drill on one unfortunate victim. Mario must catch the real killer in order to prove his own innocence.
Cast
- Antonio Sabàto as Mario Gerosa
- Uschi Glas as Giulia Torresi
- Pier Paolo Capponi as Inspector Vismara
- Petra Schürmann as Concetta Di Rosa
- Marisa Mell as Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
- Gabriella Giorgelli as Ines Tamborini aka Toscana
- Renato Romano as The Priest
- Claudio Gora as Raffaele Ferri
- Rossella Falk as Elena Marchi
- Marina Malfatti as Kathy Adams
- Bruno Corazzari as Barrett
- Linda Sini as Wanda
- Aldo Barberito as Lt. Palumbo
- Franco Fantasia as Lt. Renzi
- Nello Pazzafini as Giovanni Rau
- Ivano Davoli as Dr. Palmieri
- Enzo Andronico as Hotel Director
- Carla Mancini as Anna's maid
Production
Towards the 1970s, Umberto Lenzi began focusing his attention on poliziotteschi films and his contributions to making gialli began to deteriorate.Template:Sfn The score in the film by Riz Ortolani borrows liberally from his previous scores, including So Sweet...So Perverse and Perversion Story.Template:Sfn
The appearance of German actress Uschi Glas was imposed on by the German co-producers, who promoted the film as both a krimi film and an Edgar Wallace adaptation.Template:Sfn Editor Clarissa Ambach is credited only in the German version of the film.Template:Sfn
Reception
Lenzi later declared the film to be "superbly shot" as well as having a "pendantic" story.
