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