The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Luigi ChiariniDirector
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoWriter
- Luigi ChiariniWriter
- Mario SerandreiWriter
- Sergio AmideiWriter
- Carlo MazzoniWriter
- Achille LongoOriginal Music Composer
- Corrado AlvaroWriter
Cast
- Isa MirandaMarta Larocca
- Jacques FrançoisAndrea Mola
- Annibale BetroneOld Laroccha - Marta's father
- Eduardo CiannelliGiacomo Mola
- Ave NinchiSignora Mola - Giacomo's wife
- Luigi TosiRocco
- Anne VernonAndrea's sister
- Fiore DavanzatiSarina
- Umberto SpadaroScoppola - the killer
- Guido CelanoIl sottuficiale dei carabinieri
- Lamberto PicassoThe priest
- Camillo PilottoCast