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:
Michele Soavi, Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento.
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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 | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Art | Massimo Antonello Geleng | Production Design |
| Camera | Alessandro Carlotto | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Maggi | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Franco Fraticelli | Editor |
| Crew | Renato Agostini | Special Effects |
| Crew | Sergio Stivaletti | Special Effects |
| Sound | Luca Anzellotti | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Danilo Bollettini | Special Effects |
| Editing | Piero Bozza | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Paiola | Costume Design |
| Camera | Franco Vitale | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Massimo Cristofanelli | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Fernando Massaccesi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Renato Tafuri | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nicola Pecorini | Steadicam Operator |
| 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 |
| Crew | Antigone Predatori | Carpenter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosario Prestopino | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | E. Tappezzeri | Carpenter |
| Directing | Filiberto Fiaschi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Keith Emerson | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Michele Soavi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Ferrini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Fabio Pignatelli | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Morosetti | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Dario Argento | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Ferrini | Story |
| Production | Daniela Rocco | Production Secretary |
| Production | Saverio Mangogna | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Marisa Calia | Continuity |
| Camera | Alfonso Vicari | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Arnaldo Dell'Acqua | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Maurizio Cremisini | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Ezio Orita | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Giulio Viggiani | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Carlo Du Bois | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Nick Alexander | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Enrico Lucherini | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Claudio Paolucci | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Gianluca Pignatelli | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudio Antonucci | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Art | Caterina Napoleone | Set Dresser |
| Art | Fabio Altamura | Props |
| Art | Osvaldo Monaco | Props |
| Camera | Augusto Proietti | Key Grip |
| Art | Daniela Giovannoni | Assistant Set Designer |
| Writing | M.R. James | Short Story |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |