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La vergine di Norimberga (1963) -- Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.
La vergine di Norimberga (1963) -- Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.

Overview

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Director:
Antonio Margheriti
Writers:
Frank Bogart (novel)
Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 August 1963 (Italy) more
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor. | add synopsis
User Comments:
OK but not terribly exciting more (24 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Rossana Podestà ... Mary Hunter
Georges Rivière ... Max Hunter (as George Riviere)

Christopher Lee ... Erich (as Cristopher Lee)
Jim Dolen ... John Selby, FBI Agent
Anny Degli Uberti ... Frau Marta
Luigi Severini ... Doctor
Luciana Milone ... Trude
Lucile Saint-Simon ... Victim (as Lucile St. Simon)
Patrick Walton
Consalvo Dell'Arti
Peter Hardy
Rex Vidor
James Borden
Bredon Brett
Robert Mayor
Carole Windsor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mirko Valentin ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Antonio Margheriti  (as Anthony Dawson)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Frank Bogart  novel
Ernesto Gastaldi  screenplay and adaptation (as Gastad Green)
Edmond T. Gréville  screenplay and adaptation (as Edmund Greville)
Antonio Margheriti  screenplay and adaptation (as Anthony Dawson)

Produced by
Marco Vicario .... producer
 
Original Music by
Riz Ortolani 
 
Cinematography by
Riccardo Pallottini  (as Richard Palton)
 
Film Editing by
Otello Colangeli  (as Angel Coly)
 
Art Direction by
Henry Daring 
Riccardo Domenici  (as Dick Dominici)
 
Set Decoration by
Albert Griffiths 
 
Costume Design by
James Lyon 
 
Production Management
Sante Chimirri .... production manager (as Jim Murray)
Fred Holliday .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bertrand Blier .... assistant director
Ruggero Deodato .... assistant director
 
Special Effects by
Antonio Margheriti .... special effects (as Anthony Matthews)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Back to the Killer
Horror Castle (USA)
Terror Castle
The Castle of Terror (UK)
The Virgin of Nuremberg (International: English title) (literal title)
Das Schloss des Grauens (West Germany) (video title) [de]
Die Gruft der lebenden Leichen (West Germany) [de]
El justiciero rojo (Spain) [es]
La vierge de Nuremberg (France) [fr]
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Runtime:
83 min | USA:84 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Germany:16 | West Germany:18 (nf) | USA:Unrated (video rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Christopher Lee's voice was dubbed by another actor for the English-language version. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Although the movie is set in Germany, palm trees can be seen during the exterior shots and the geography and exterior architecture denotes the landscape that of southern Europe. more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
OK but not terribly exciting, 19 January 2007
7/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

A man takes his new wife to his ancestral castle only to find that some creepy events are going on. Like, someone dying in the iron maiden in the basement and someone stalking the grounds in medieval garb. As time goes by the wife begins to suspect her husband of these evil deeds. There's also some FBI guy lurking about, and there's a few red herrings thrown in to boot, like Christopher Lee as a deformed servant and a somewhat sinister housekeeper. This put me in mind of other films like Bloody Pit of Horror and Creature with the Blue Hand, but it's got it's own little twist going on. Lots of jazzy/lounge-type music, and actually somewhat dull up to a point, but sort of redeems itself later in the film. It's not bad for 1963 I guess, but the title is somewhat misleading and I guess I was hoping for something more depraved. 7 out of 10.

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