The Demon
“A night she wakes up bound to the bed and with the bleeding body. The revenge of the devil will not delay!”
1964•18•1h 40m•7.2•Released
HorrorDrama
Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.
Director
Brunello Rondi
Writer
Ugo Guerra, Luciano Martino, Brunello Rondi
Languages
Italian
Studio
Titanus
Cast
Daliah Lavi
Purificazione (Purif)
Frank Wolff
Antonio
Anna Maria Aveta
Sister Angela
Tiziana Casetti
Agata
Dario Dolci
Don Tommaso
Franca Mazzoni
The Mother Superior
María Teresa Orsini
Nun
Rossana Rovere
Antonio's Wife
Luciana Angiolillo
La Signora di Craco (uncredited)
Andrea Bosic
Priest (uncredited)
Nino Castelnuovo
Buca (uncredited)
Maria Ciriello
(uncredited)
Giovanni Cristofanelli
Padre Tommaso (uncredited)
Francesca Farinacci
(uncredited)
Laura Nucci
La Madre di Purif (uncredited)
Production
Company
Titanus
Company
Vox Film
Company
Les Films Marceau-Cocinor
Producer
Ugo Guerra
Producer
Federico Magnaghi
Producer
Luciano Martino
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