Mark of the Devil
Mark of the Devil
Käsikirjoitus:
Michael ArmstrongKuvaus:
Ernst W. KalinkeSävellys:
Michael HolmNäyttelijät:
Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Reggie Nalder, Herbert Fux, Adrian Hoven, Günter Clemens, Ingeborg Schöner, Olivera Katarina, Friedrich Schoenfelder (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
The film is a gratuitous feast of skin, sin, and ultra-violence, accompanying the opening credits with the brutal rape of a wagonful of nuns. The rapists happen to be the local witch-hunters, led by Albino (Reggie Nalder), who spearheads a number of atrocities before the innocent witch-hunter-in-training Baron Christian (Udo Kier) stumbles upon him mid-rape/murder of a servant girl, Vanessa. Christian's compassion for Vanessa enrages his mentor Count Cumberland, disillusioning poor Christian, who begins to see that the witch hunts are merely an excuse to steal the people's land and rape beautiful, buxom women. He leads the townspeople to revolt, but ultimately fails in his efforts, as Cumberland escapes and his people turn on him. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
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The beautiful Tyrolean landscape underscored with kitschy romantic music, with sadistic scenes of inhuman torture of innocent people by a handful of “chosen ones” referred to as sorcerers (these include, for example, the good father of the family, who entertains his children with puppet shows). Mark of the Devil is a nicely shot film with top-tier production values that attempts to justify its gratuitous and ubiquitous sadism with social criticism of the “politics” of the time. What makes it uncomfortable and disturbing is the very realistic dimension by which the filmmakers achieve their aim. Even so, the movie is long, boring in places and, mainly, badly edited, resulting in an imbalance between the characters and occasional blunders in a dramatic work that otherwise surprisingly knows where it’s going. Very good casting – some of the faces will remain in your memory as much as the male delegation from Pasolini’s Saló. Two and a half stars.
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