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L'iguana Dalla Lingua Di Fuoco
''L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco'' () is a 1971 ''giallo'' film. It is directed by Riccardo Freda, who was unhappy with the film and had his name replaced with the pseudonym "Willy Pareto". Cast * Luigi Pistilli as Detective John Norton * Dagmar Lassander as Helen Sobiesky * Anton Diffring as Ambassador Sobieski * Arthur O'Sullivan as Insp. Lawrence * Werner Pochath as Marc Sobiesky * Dominique Boschero as Ambassador's mistress * Valentina Cortese as Mrs. Sobiesky Production Prior to the release of Dario Argento's film ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'', ''giallo'' films were not popular among Italian film audiences. Following the release of ''Bird'', a wave of ''giallo''s were released with animal's names in their title. This led Riccardo Freda to follow suit and attempt a film in the genre. The film's opening credits state it is based on the novel ''A Room Without a Door'', by Richard Mann. Italian film historian Roberto Curti said that the novel was an invention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Freda
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror film, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri'' in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound film, sound horror film production. Biography Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Film career Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film ''Don Cesare di Bazan'' in 1942. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri''. ''I Vampiri'' was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film ''The Monster of Frankenstein (film), Il mostro di Frankenstein'' (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film ''Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |