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Die Säge des Todes (1981)

90 min  -  Horror  -   27 March 1981 (West Germany)
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Girls are killed at a language-school in Spain.

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writer:

Erich Tomek (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview:
Olivia Pascal Olivia Pascal ...
Angela
Christoph Moosbrugger Christoph Moosbrugger ...
Alvaro (as Christopher Brugger)
Nadja Gerganoff Nadja Gerganoff ...
Manuela
Alexander Waechter Alexander Waechter ...
Miguel
Jasmin Losensky Jasmin Losensky ...
Inga
Corinna Drews Corinna Drews ...
Laura (as Corinna Gillwald)
Ann-Beate Engelke Ann-Beate Engelke ...
Eva
Peter Exacoustos Peter Exacoustos ...
Antonio
Antonia García Antonia García ...
Elvira
Beatriz Sancho Nieto Beatriz Sancho Nieto ...
Rita
María Rubio María Rubio ...
Countess Maria Gonzales
Otto Retzer Otto Retzer ...
Bueno (as Otto W. Retzer)
Jesus Franco ...
Doctor
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Storyline

Miguel, a young man with a horribly disfigured face, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes a girl. He then brutally hacks up the young woman with a pair of scissors. Miguel is institutionalized at a mental asylum for five years. Afterward, he is released into the care of his sister, Manuela. Along with their wheelchair bound mother, they operate a boarding school for young woman, called Europe's International Youth-Club Boarding School of Languages, on the Spanish resort of Costa Del Sol. Miguel is intrigued by Angela, a long-haired brunette, whom he first saw on the train ride from the sanitarium. The creepy Miguel follows her around. Miguel meets with Manuela to request that they resume their incestuous relationship. She reminds him that it was this relationship that made him emotionally unstable five years earlier. She says they cannot because nobody understands them: "Only if we could get rid of everyone... Written by Sujit R. Varma  

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School | Boarding School | Snake | Brunette | Party  | See more »

Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Bloody Moon See more »

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 23,130,776 (Spain)
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Company Credits

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Lisa-Film, Metro Film, Rapid Film See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Goofs

Continuity: The knife stabbed into Eva's back has its blade tip emerge through her left nipple. When Eva's corpse is later shown hanging in Inga's wardrobe, her left nipple is untouched and the blade tip is protruding from her lower sternum. See more »