The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

Director: Luciano Ercoli Cast: Dagmar Lassander
Dagmar Lassander
, Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani
, Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi
, Salvador Huguet
Salvador Huguet
Luciano Ercoli
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

Director: Luciano Ercoli Cast: Dagmar Lassander
Dagmar Lassander
, Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani
, Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi
, Salvador Huguet
Salvador Huguet
Luciano Ercoli

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Overview

Fetishistic and dark, this early giallo thriller from Italian filmmaker Luciano Ercoli prefigures such sexually-themed gialli as La Ragazza dal Pigiama Giallo and Tenebre in its explicit connection between female sexuality and violence. Dagmar Lassander stars as Minou, who is threatened at the beach by a mysterious figure (Simon Andreu) who caresses her body with a knife and intimates that her businessman husband Pierre (Pier Paolo Capponi) is a murderer. Slowly, she begins to believe him, because Pierre was in debt to a murdered businessman, Jean Dubois. The stranger soon shows up with a tape recording which seems to verify his claim, and forces Minou to perform degrading sexual acts in order to protect her husband. When she later balks, he produces the titular photos to blackmail her into even more depravity. Like many giallo heroines, Minou can get no sympathy from anyone, particularly her kinky bisexual friend Dominique -- played by Ercoli's real-life wife Nieves Navarro (aka "Susan Scott") -- who actually claims to enjoy being forced into sex. The situation begins to take its toll, and Minou slips into a haze of tranquilizers and shame, finally confessing to Peter and leading the stranger to attempt silencing her permanently. Backed by a vibrant Ennio Morricone score and slick photography by Alejandro Ulloa, the film co-stars Osvaldo Genazzani and Salvadore Huguet. Available versions run between 91 and 96 minutes.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/28/2006
UPC: 0827058106894
Original Release: 1970
Rating: NR
Source: Blue Underground
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:36:00
Sales rank: 39,468

Special Features

Forbidden screenplays - Interview with co-writer Ernesto Gastaldi; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Dagmar Lassander Minou
Osvaldo Genazzani Frank
Pier Paolo Capponi Peter
Salvador Huguet George
Simon Andreu Blackmailer
Nieves Navarro Actor
Ennio Morricone Composer

Technical Credits
Luciano Ercoli Director,Producer
Ernesto Gastaldi Screenwriter
Mahnahén Velasco Screenwriter
Jose Frade Producer
Alberto Pugliese Producer
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