I coltelli del vendicatore (1966)

Réalisateur:

Mario Bava

Scénaristes:

Mario Bava (writer)
Alberto Liberati (writer)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

janvier 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure

Intrigue:

A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.

Plot Keywords:

Viking | Knife Throwing | Mother Son Relationship | Queen | Violence

Avis des utilisateurs:

Lesser Bava movie - for die-hard fans

Ensemble

Cameron Mitchell	...	Rurik / Helmut
Fausto Tozzi	...	Hagen (as Frank Ross)
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	King Arald (as Jack Stuart)
Luciano Pollentin	...	Moki (as Louis Polletin)
Amedeo Trilli	...	Viking King (as Michael Moore)
Renato Terra	...	Hagen's henchman
Sergio Cortona	...	Hagen's henchman
Elissa Pichelli	...	Karin (as Lisa Wagner)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Bruno Arié	...	Hut Intruder (uncredited)
Osiride Pevarello	...	Hagen Henchman (uncredited)
Goffredo Unger	...	Hagen's henchman (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Mario Bava

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Mario Bava		writer (as John Hold)
Alberto Liberati		writer
Giorgio Simonelli		writer

Musique originale
Marcello Giombini

Image
Antonio Rinaldi
Mario Bava		(uncredited)

Montage
Otello Colangeli		(as Othello)

Création des décors
Alberto Tavazzi

Direction artistique
Piero Filippone		(as Peter Felt)

Décorateur de plateau
Alberto Tavazzi

Création des costumes
Giorgio Desideri

Assistant réalisateur
Roberto Giandalia	....	assistant director

Caméra et Département Electrique
Giorgio Aureli	....	assistant camera
Saverio Diamante	....	camera operator

Companies de production

• Sider Film

Distributeurs

• World Entertainment Corp. (1968) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Mega Video (????) (USA) (VHS) (as "Viking Massacre") (dubbed)
• Pan-Canadian Video Presentations (????) (Canada) (VHS) (as "Viking Massacre") (dubbed)
• Raro Video/Nocturno (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
• Videoline Productions Inc. (1985) (Canada) (VHS)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Viking Massacre (Canada: English title) (video title)
Bladestorm
Knives of the Avenger
Raffica di coltelli

Durée:

85 min

Pays:

Italy

Langue:

Italien

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Germany:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:Not Rated | West Germany:16

Lieux de tournage:

Titanus Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Société:

Sider Film

Anecdotes:

Director Mario Bava was brought in to salvage the troubled production after the original director was fired. Bava wound up scrapping most of the footage that had already been shot, threw out the old script, and rewrote and reshot virtually the entire film in six days.

Connexions De Film:

Références Shane (1953)

Lesser Bava movie - for die-hard fans

Rating: ** (max. ****)

Poorly paced Viking epic about Mitchell, who comes to protect the wife of a dead king from an usurper, unaware that she has reason to exact vengeance on him. Storyline is unusually complex but going-ons seem stretched out unnecessarily. Some consider this a western - well, if it wasn't for that setting they may be right. Score, photography, acting is quite nice, but, to reiterate, sluggish story-telling diminishes the effect. For Bava completists. Stick with OPERAZIONE PAURA, LISA E IL DIAVOLO, CANI ARRABBIATI or CINQUE BAMBOLE...

Afterword:

In the liner notes, Bava historian Tim Lucas considers this film "the genre's last hurrah" and sees it as a "distinct forerunner of the sword and sorcery genre". A "hurrah" it ain't, and Schwarzenegger's CONAN was inspired by HERCULES (Bava was involved!). For more Bava reviews, please visit my homepage.