The Hand That Feeds the Dead

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The Hand That Feeds the Dead
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Film poster
Directed bySergio Garrone
Screenplay bySergio Garrone[1]
Produced by
  • Amedeo Mellone
  • Sakir V. Sozen[1]
Starring
CinematographyEmore Galeassi[1]
Edited byCesare Bianchini[1]
Music by
  • Elio Maestosi
  • Stefano Liberati[1]
Production
company
Cinequipe[1]
Distributed byRegional
Release date
  • 29 April 1974 (1974-04-29) (Italy)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Turkey[1]

The Hand That Feeds the Dead (Italian: La mano che nutre la morte) is a 1974 gothic horror film directed by Sergio Garrone and starring Klaus Kinski.[2] In this film, a 19th-century doctor finds a laboratory in his basement and starts dabbling in reanimation.

Cast[]

Although they are credited, Carla Mancini does not appear in the film.[1] Ayhan Işık, Erol Taş and are not credited in Italian prints of the film.[1]

Source: [1]

Production[]

After directing the war film , director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film.[3] After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer Şakir V. Sözen.[3] Sözen had previously produced Frank Agrama's crime film and offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Işık who had co-starred in L'amico del padrino.[3] According to Garrone, Sözen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks.[3] This led to the production of both Le amanti del mostro and The Hand That Feeds the Dead.[3][4]

Garrone described the general idea for the film as a variation on a "Frankenstein story"[5] The film was shot in Istanbul and Elios Studios in Rome.[1] The special effects for the surgical scenes in the film were provided by Carlo Rambaldi.[5]

Release[]

The Hand That Feeds the Dead was released in Italy on 29 April 1974.[1] The Turkish version of the film was not released until 1986 after actor and producer bought the negatives from Sözen and released it as Ölümün Nefesi (lit. 'Bread of Death').[6] Duru re-edited the film and added music by .[6] Ölümün Nefesi was released on home video for Turkish and German home video markets and broadcast on Turkish television.[6] The Turkish version was shown at the 2001 .[6]

References[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curti 2017, p. 124.
  2. ^ Curti 2013, p. 60.
  3. ^ a b c d e Curti 2017, p. 107.
  4. ^ Curti 2017, p. 108.
  5. ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 125.
  6. ^ a b c d Curti 2017, p. 126.

Sources[]

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.

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