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Suspiria

By

Dario Argento

Duration

98 MIN

Language

Italian, Russian, English, German

Country

Italy

Year

1977

Diffusion completed
Suspiria 1977

Synopsis

Suzy Bannion travels to Germany to perfect her ballet skills. She arrives at the Tanz dance academy in the pouring rain and is refused admission after another woman is seen fleeing the school. She returns the next morning and this time is let in. She learns that the young woman she saw fleeing the previous evening, Pat Hingle, has been found dead. Strange things soon begin to occur. Suzy becomes ill and is put on a special diet; the school becomes infested with maggots; odd sounds abound; and Daniel, the pianist, is killed by his own dog. A bit of research indicates that the ballet school was once a witches' coven - and as Suzy learns, still is.

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Direction

Dario Argento

Born on September 7, 1940 in Rome, Dario Argento was firstly a film critic. His 1968 encounter with Sergio Leone was decisive, as he was asked to write the script for Il était une fois dans l'Ouest with Bernardo Bertolucci. Introduced into the Italian cinema scene of the late 1960s, right from the start alongside big names, he wrote several B series scripts before he could direct his first personal project: L’Oiseau au plumage de cristal (1969).

Music

Goblin

Editing

Franco Fraticelli

Cinematographer

Luciano Tovoli

Screenplay

Dario Argento
Daria Nicolodi

Producer

Claudio Argento

Cast

Jessica Harper
Stefania Casini
Flavio Bucci
Miguel Bosé
Barbara Magnolfi
Susanna Javicoli
Eva Axén
Rudolf Schündler
Udo Kier
Alida Valli
Joan Bennett

Original Title

Suspiria