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The Whip and the Body ()

La frusta e il corpo (original title)
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The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.
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Nevenka
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Kurt Menliff
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Christian Menliff
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Katia (as Isli Oberon)
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Giorgia (as Harriet White)
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Count Vladimir Menliff (as Dean Ardow)
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Priest
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Losat (as Alan Collins)

Directed by

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Mario Bava ... (as John M. Old)

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Ernesto Gastaldi ... (story and screenplay) (as Julian Berry) and
Ugo Guerra ... (story and screenplay) (as Robert Hugo) and
Luciano Martino ... (story and screenplay) (as Martin Hardy)

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Giandomenico Leone ... producer (uncredited)
Joël Lifschutz ... co-producer (uncredited)
Federico Magnaghi ... producer (uncredited)
Luciano Martino ... producer (uncredited)
Elio Scardamaglia ... producer (uncredited)
René Thévenet ... co-producer (uncredited)

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Carlo Rustichelli ... (as Jim Murphy)

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Ubaldo Terzano ... (as David Hamilton)
Mario Bava ... (uncredited)

Editing by

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Renato Cinquini ... (as Rob King)

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Lina Caterini ... assistant editor (as Cathy Line)

Casting By

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Priscilla Contardi ... (as Priscilla Huston)

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Ottavio Scotti ... (as Dick Grey)

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Riccardo Domenici ... (as Gus Marrow)

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Anna Maria Palleri ... (as Peg Fax)

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Raffaele Cristini ... assistant makeup artist (as Raf Christie)
Franco Freda ... makeup artist (as Frank Field)

Production Management

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Libero Balduini ... production supervisor (as Free Baldwin)
Giovanfrancesco Fantacci ... production secretary (as Joe M. Seery)
Federico Magnaghi ... production manager (as Tom Rhodes)
Elio Scardamaglia ... general organization (as John Oscar)

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Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (creditOnly) (as Julian Berry)
Sergio Martino ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Rex McCrea ... boom operator
Aurelio Pennacchia ... sound (as Peter Jakson)

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Mario Bava ... matte paintings (uncredited) / special effects (uncredited)

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G.B. Poletto ... still photographer (as Robert Schafer)
Ubaldo Terzano ... camera operator (as Art Balsam)
Guglielmo Vincioni ... assistant camera (as Mark Baer)
Antonio Rinaldi ... gaffer (uncredited)

Music Department

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Luigi Urbini ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Priscilla Contardi ... script supervisor (as Priscilla Hudson)

Additional Crew

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Richard G. Yates ... presenter
Giulio Bosetti ... voice dubbing: Christopher Lee (uncredited)
Carlo D'Angelo ... voice dubbing: Jacques Herlin (uncredited)
Carolyn De Fonseca ... voice dubbing: Daliah Lavi (uncredited)
Adriana de Roberto ... voice dubbing: Daliah Lavi (uncredited) / voice dubbing: Evelyn Stewart (uncredited)
Michele Malaspina ... voice dubbing: Gustavo De Nardo (uncredited)
Ugo Pagliai ... voice dubbing: Tony Kendall (uncredited)
Ted Rusoff ... voice dubbing: Tony Kendall (uncredited)
Leonardo Severini ... voice dubbing: Luciano Pigozzi (uncredited)
Dan Sturkie ... voice dubbing: Christopher Lee (uncredited)
Mel Welles ... dialogue director: English version (uncredited) / voice dubbing: Gustavo De Nardo (uncredited)
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  • CAM (music publisher)

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Plot Summary

After the announcement of the servant Losat, the nobleman Kurt Menliff returns to the castle of his family at the seaside to congratulate his brother Christian Menliff for his marriage with his former lover Nevenka. Kurt feels the hatred and the fear of his father Count Menliff and the servant Giorgia, who blames him for seducing and killing her daughter, and indifference from his cousin Katia. On the next afternoon, the sadistic Kurt meets Nevenka riding a horse alone on the beach and whips the masochistic woman and makes love with her. Late night, Nevenka is missing and everybody is seeking her while Kurt is stabbed in the neck with the same dagger that Giorgia's daughter was murdered. On the next days, the members of the family suspects of each other while Nevenka is haunted by the ghost of Kurt. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines The most deliriously romantic horror picture ever made! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le Corps et le Fouet (France)
  • Son of Satan (World-wide, English title)
  • The Whip and the Body (World-wide, English title)
  • What! (United States)
  • The Body and the Whip (World-wide, English title)
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  • 92 min
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Budget $66,500 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia This is one of the few European movies that Sir Christopher Lee made without providing his voice for any of its language tracks, as he had returned home to Switzerland by the time shooting wrapped (as a result, he is dubbed in the English version by Dan Sturkie). He would quickly regret not dubbing his voice for this movie, as he considered it to be the best of his European movies, and ensured that he provided his voice for at least the English versions of all of of his later movies. See more »
Goofs Kurt leaves muddy footprints every time he walks between the house and the crypt yet no one following his footprints ever gets their shoes dirty. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Blood and Black Lace: A Short History of the Italian Horror Film (1999). See more »
Quotes Kurt Menliff: [to Nevenka] You haven't changed, I see. You've always loved violence.
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