Pact with the Devil

Pact with the Devil (1950)

Drama

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.

Director: Luigi Chiarini

Casts

	Annibale Betrone as Old Laroccha - Marta's father
	Guido Celano as Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
	Eduardo Ciannelli as Giacomo Mola
	Fiore Davanzati as Sarina
	Angelo Dessy as
	Oreste Fares as
	Jacques François as Andrea Mola
	Isa Miranda as Marta Larocca
	Ave Ninchi as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
	Nico Pepe as
	Lamberto Picasso as The priest
	Camillo Pilotto as
	Checco Rissone as
	Alfredo Robert as
	Jacques Sernas as
	Umberto Spadaro as Scoppola - the killer
	Luigi Tosi as Rocco
	Saro Urzì as
	Anne Vernon as Andrea's sister

Crew