Baron Blood (1972)
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
Director:
Mario Bava
Writers:
Vincent Fotre, Willibald Eser, Mario Bava.
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Joseph Cotten as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker |
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Elke Sommer as Eva Arnold |
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Massimo Girotti as Dr. Karl Hummel |
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Antonio Cantafora as Peter Kleist |
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Umberto Raho as Inspector |
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Luciano Pigozzi as Fritz |
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Nicoletta Elmi as Gretchen Hummel |
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Dieter Tressler as Mayor Dortmundt |
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Rolf Halwich as Auctioner |
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Gustavo De Nardo as Dr. Werner Hesse |
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Valeria Sabel as Martha Hummel |
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Rada Rassimov as Christina Hoffmann |
| Directing | Mario Bava | Director |
| Writing | Vincent Fotre | Screenplay |
| Production | Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alfredo Leone | Producer |
| Sound | Stelvio Cipriani | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Carlo Reali | Editor |
| Camera | Mario Bava | Director of Photography |
| Art | Enzo Bulgarelli | Art Direction |
| Writing | Vincent Fotre | Story |
| Writing | Willibald Eser | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Bava | Screenplay |
| Production | J. Arthur Elliot | Executive Producer |
| Production | James H. Nicholson | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rossana Gigante | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvana Petri | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Carlo Rambaldi | Makeup Effects |