The Wax Mask (1997)
Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures...
Director:
Sergio Stivaletti
Writers:
Lucio Fulci, Daniele Stroppa.
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Robert Hossein as Boris Volkoff |
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Romina Mondello as Sonia Lafont |
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Riccardo Serventi Longhi as Andrea Conversi |
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Gabriella Giorgelli as Francesca |
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Umberto Balli as Alex |
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Valery Valmond as Giorgina |
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Gianni Franco as Inspector Palazzi |
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Massimo Vanni as Victor |
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Aldo Massasso as Inspector Lanvin |
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Goffredo Unger as Puppeteer |
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Elena Marchesini as Madame's Girl |
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Romano Iannelli as Pathologist |
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Daniel Auber as Luca |
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Sabrina Pellegrino as Elena |
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Ginevra Casini as Madame's Girl |
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Maia Asiride as Madame's Girl |
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Angela D'Ambra as Madame's Girl |
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Federica Leuter as Madame's Girl |
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Antonella Sannite as Madame's Girl |
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Michela Paolucci as Madame's Girl |
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Elisabetta Rocchetti as Madame's Girl |
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Andreina Sirena as Madame's Girl |
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Katy Monique Cuomo as Madame's Girl |
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Antonello Murru as Museum Caretaker |
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Rosa Pianeta as Anna's Mother |
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Sonia Topazio as Nurse |
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Giuseppina Lo Vetro as Madama |
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Luca Memè as Brothel Patron |
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Stefania Fidotti as Anna |
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Loretta Cester as Girl in Waiting Room |
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Salvatore Cammuca as Gypsy |
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Omero Capanna as (uncredited) |
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Sergio Stivaletti as Brothel patron (uncredited) |
| Production | Dario Argento | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Sergio Stivaletti | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Dario Argento | Story |
| Camera | Sergio Salvati | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Gaston Leroux | Novel |
| Writing | Lucio Fulci | Screenplay |
| Production | Giuseppe Colombo | Producer |
| Writing | Daniele Stroppa | Story |
| Directing | Sergio Stivaletti | Director |
| Sound | Maurizio Abeni | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fulvio Lucisano | Producer |
| Crew | Sergio Stivaletti | Special Effects |
| Writing | Lucio Fulci | Story |
| Writing | Daniele Stroppa | Screenplay |
| Art | Massimo Antonello Geleng | Production Design |