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Suspiria
By
Dario ArgentoDuration
98 MIN
Language
Italian, Russian, English, German
Country
Italy
Year
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.
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