Who Saw Her Die?

Who Saw Her Die?
Italian film poster
Directed by	Aldo Lado
Screenplay by	Massimo D'Avak Francesco Barilli Aldo Lado Rüdiger von Spiehs
Story by	Massimo D'Avak Francesco Barilli
Produced by	Enzo Doria Dieter Geissler
Starring	George Lazenby Anita Strindberg Adolfo Celi Dominique Boschero Peter Chatel Piero Vida José Quaglio Alessandro Haber Nicoletta Elmi Giovanni Forti Rosselli
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Angelo Curi Jutta Brandstaedter
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Doria G. Film Roas Produzioni Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Overseas Film Company
Release date	12 May 1972
Countries	Italy West Germany

Who Saw Her Die? (Italian: Chi l'ha vista morire?) is an Italian giallo film directed by Aldo Lado and Vittorio De Sisti, starring Anita Strindberg and George Lazenby. Lazenby and Strindberg play the parents of a murdered girl, who pursue her black-veiled killer throughout Venice. Who Saw Her Die? features music by Ennio Morricone, and has seen positive reviews for Lazenby's performance.

Plot[]

In a French ski resort, a young girl wanders off from her carer and is murdered by a killer in a black veil, who buries her body in the snow. Years later, another young girl, Roberta Serpieri, is found drowned in Venice after being abducted by the same killer. Her divorced parents, sculptor Franco and Elizabeth, attempt to discover what has happened to their daughter.^[1][2]

Cast[]

• George Lazenby as Franco Serpieri
• Anita Strindberg as Elizabeth Serpieri
• Adolfo Celi as Serafian
• Dominique Boschero as Ginevra Storelli
• as Philip Vernon
• Piero Vida as Journalist
• as Bonaluti
• Alessandro Haber as Father James
• Nicoletta Elmi as Roberta Serpieri
• Rosemarie Lindt as Gabriella
• as Francois Roussel
• as Inspector De Donati

Production[]

Who Saw Her Die? was written by , Francesco Barilli, Aldo Lado and ; it was directed by Lado and Vittorio De Sisti.^[3] The film's music was composed by Ennio Morricone, whose score was released separately in 1972.^[4]

The film was shot on location in Venice; one of the film's chase scenes was filmed at the Molino Stucky flour mill, a run-down building which was later renovated as a Hilton hotel in 2008.^[5]

In both the Italian and English versions, Lazenby's voice is dubbed by other actors.^[6] Italian films were rarely shot with usable sound and dubbed in post-production.^[7] For the English version, Lazenby was dubbed by American actor Michael Forest.^[8]

Release and reception[]

Who Saw Her Die? was also distributed under the title of The Child.^[3]

In his book Italian Horror Film Directors, Louis Paul has described Lazenby's performance as one of the actor's best, although he regretted that some dubs of the film did not use Lazenby's voice.^[9] Danny Shipka, author of Perverse Titillation, compared the film stylistically to Nicolas Roeg's later film Don't Look Now, which shares a Venetian setting. Shipka noted that Lado avoided the explicit gore and sexual elements usually present in a giallo film, instead focussing on "an aura of uneasiness".^[1] Buzz McClain of AllMovie awarded Who Saw Her Die? three-and-a-half stars out of five, highlighting Lazenby's performance and Morricone's score; McClain felt that the film's plot was unnecessarily complicated, but that this was compensated for by its setting and cinematography.^[2]

Footnotes[]

References[]

• Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786487493.
• Pigott, Michael (2013). World Film Locations: Venice. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1841507200.
• Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980 (illustrated ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786448883.

External links[]

• Who Saw Her Die? at IMDb