The Laughing Woman (1969)
Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.
Director: Piero Schivazappa
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Dagmar Lassander as Maria |
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Philippe Leroy as Dr. Sayer |
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Lorenza Guerrieri as Gida |
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Varo Soleri as Administrator |
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Maria Cumani Quasimodo as Sayer's Secretary |
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Mirella Pamphili as Streetwalker |
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Manlio Dalla Pria as Politician (uncredited) |
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Salvatore Furnari as Dwarf (uncredited) |
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John Karlsen as Manservant (uncredited) |
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Gennarino Pappagalli as Passerby (uncredited) |
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Osvaldo Peccioli as Politician (uncredited) |
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Filippo Perego as Politician (uncredited) |
| Art | Francesco Cuppini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franco Freda | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Claudio Mancini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Mario Bramonti | Sound |
| Directing | Piero Schivazappa | Director |
| Sound | Stelvio Cipriani | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Paolo Levi | Writer |
| Writing | Piero Schivazappa | Writer |
| Writing | Giuseppe Zaccariello | Writer |
| Production | Giuseppe Zaccariello | Producer |
| Camera | Carlo Achilli | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sante Achilli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carlo Reali | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrico Sabbatini | Costume Design |
| Sound | Mario Morigi | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Carlo Rambaldi | Special Effects |
| Production | Sergio Bollino | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Francesco Cuppini | Production Designer |