Sanctuaire (1989)
Durant le Moyen Âge, des chevaliers teutoniques éliminent tout un village accusé d'hérésie et de sorcellerie. Pour purifier le lieu, une cathédrale est bâtie sur les cadavres de ces villageois considérés comme possédés et soupçonnés d'être des partisans de Satan. Cette construction est censée enterrer les forces du Mal pour l'éternité. Des siècles plus tard, lors des travaux de restauration de l'édifice, une jeune femme, Lisa, découvre un parchemin dissimulé dans la paroi du sous-sol de l'église et contacte un jeune bibliothécaire, Evan, pour qu'il le déchiffre. Ce dernier tente de le décrypter mais il délivre, sans le savoir, des esprits maléfiques. Alors que le bâtiment religieux enferme un groupe de visiteurs à cause d'un mécanisme accidentellement déclenché par Evan, autrefois pensé par l'architecte de la cathédrale, les démons s'échappent du charnier pour prendre le contrôle de leurs corps et les poussent à commettre des atrocités entre eux.
Directeur:
Michele Soavi
écrivains:
Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini, Michele Soavi.
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Hugh Quarshie as Father Gus |
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Tomas Arana as Evan |
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Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as The Bishop |
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Barbara Cupisti as Lisa |
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Antonella Vitale as Bridal Model |
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Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Reverend |
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Asia Argento as Lotte |
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Roberto Caruso as Freddie |
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Roberto Corbiletto as Hermann, the Sacristan |
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Alina De Simone as Lotte's Mother |
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Olivia Cupisti as Mira |
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Micaela Pignatelli as Fashion shoot photographer |
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John Karlsen as Heinrich |
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John Richardson as Architect |
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Michele Soavi as 1st Policeman at Lisa's House |
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Gianfranco De Grassi as The Accuser |
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Claire Hardwick as Joanna |
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Lars Jorgenson as Bruno |
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Katherine Bell Marjorie as Heinrich's Wife |
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Riccardo Minervini as Schoolboy |
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Enrico Osterman as The Torturer |
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Patrizia Punzo as Miss Brückner |
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Matteo Rocchietta as Younger Schoolboy |
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Isabella Rocchietta as Schoolgirl |
| Directing | Michele Soavi | Director |
| Writing | Dario Argento | Story |
| Crew | Dario Argento | Presenter |
| Production | Dario Argento | Producer |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Camera | Renato Tafuri | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Art | Massimo Antonello Geleng | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Paiola | Costume Design |
| Editing | Piero Bozza | First Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Alessandro Carlotto | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Maggi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nicola Pecorini | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Franco Vitale | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Fernando Massaccesi | Gaffer |
| Sound | Luca Anzellotti | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Renato Agostini | Special Effects |
| Crew | Danilo Bollettini | Special Effects |
| Crew | Massimo Cristofanelli | Special Effects |
| Crew | Sergio Stivaletti | Special Effects |
| Crew | Antigone Predatori | Carpenter |
| Crew | E. Tappezzeri | Carpenter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cucchi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Assunta Emidi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Borselli | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franco Casagni | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosario Prestopino | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Filiberto Fiaschi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Keith Emerson | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Fabio Pignatelli | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dario Argento | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Ferrini | Story |
| Writing | Franco Ferrini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michele Soavi | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Morosetti | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Marisa Calia | Continuity |
| Crew | Arnaldo Dell'Acqua | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Saverio Mangogna | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ezio Orita | Production Secretary |
| Production | Daniela Rocco | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Alfonso Vicari | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Maurizio Cremisini | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Giulio Viggiani | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Claudio Paolucci | Boom Operator |
| Production | Carlo Du Bois | Production Accountant |
| Art | Caterina Napoleone | Set Dresser |
| Art | Daniela Giovannoni | Assistant Set Designer |
| Art | Osvaldo Monaco | Props |
| Art | Fabio Altamura | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudio Antonucci | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Camera | Augusto Proietti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Nick Alexander | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Enrico Lucherini | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Gianluca Pignatelli | Unit Publicist |
| Writing | M.R. James | Short Story |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |