Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) on Netflix
NR19731h 28mHorrorMysteryRomance
A carriage crash leaves Greta without her memory, and the von Ravensbrücks take her into their villa. Dr. Sturges is called to examine her and notices the medallion at her throat.
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Plot summary
In a crypt-like room in 1906, the hunchbacked Franz von Holstein grieves beside the corpse of his sister Greta. Three years later a carriage overturns outside the villa of the von Ravensbrücks, killing the coachman, and Greta is carried inside unconscious and remembering nothing. Walter von Ravensbrück and his wife Eva take her in, and Walter persuades Inspector Dannick to hold off on questioning her. Dr. Sturges, summoned to attend her, spots the gold medallion at her throat, marked with the year 1906 and covered in symbols he knows. The maid Gertrud recognizes the visitor's face. Walter and Eva both begin to feel drawn to Greta.
Cast
- Angela Boas Eva von Ravensbrück
- Sergio Doriaas Walter von Ravensbrück
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
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- The scene in which Luciano Rossi is attacked by a cat was improvised on set, not in the script: director Joe D'Amato achieved it by throwing the cat against Rossi's face.
- Death Smiles on a Murderer was the first film Joe D'Amato directed himself under his real name, Aristide Massaccesi; he said he signed it because he felt encouraged by the budget and by having Ewa Aulin and Klaus Kinski in the cast.
