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Pact with the Devil

0.0 84 mins Drama   1950
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Director(s): Luigi Chiarini

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.

Casts of Pact with the Devil

Annibale Betrone

as Old Laroccha - Marta's father

Guido Celano

as Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Giacomo Mola

Fiore Davanzati

as Sarina

Jacques François

as Andrea Mola

Isa Miranda

as Marta Larocca

Ave Ninchi

as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife

Lamberto Picasso

as The priest

Umberto Spadaro

as Scoppola - the killer

Luigi Tosi

as Rocco

Anne Vernon

as Andrea's sister

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