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Tenebrae ()

Tenebre (original title)
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An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
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Peter Neal
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Bullmer
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Anne
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Detective Germani
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Gianni
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Tilde
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Jane McKerrow
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Elsa Manni
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Girl on Beach
Carola Stagnaro ...
Detective Altieri
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Christiano Berti
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Maria Alboretto
Isabella Amadeo ...
Bullmer's secretary
Mirella Banti ...
Marion
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Department Store Manager (as Enio Girolami)
Monica Maisani ...
Woman at Airport
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John
Fulvio Mingozzi ...
Alboretto, the porter
Giampaolo Saccarola ...
Coroner (as Gianpaolo Saccarola)
Ippolita Santarelli ...
Prostitute
Francesca Viscardi ...
Department Store Clerk
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Narrator (Italian version) / Murderer's Hands (uncredited) (voice)
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Elevator Repairman #1 (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani ...
Man in Department Store (uncredited)
Eros Buttaglieri ...
Man with Glasses (uncredited)
Mario Castaldi ...
Traveller at Airport (uncredited)
Carlo Cattaneo ...
Journalist at Airport (uncredited)
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Det. Germani (uncredited) (voice)
Heribert Hofer ...
Traveller at Airport (uncredited)
Ettore Martini ...
Man at Party (uncredited)
Filippo Perego ...
Journalist at Airport (uncredited)
Maurizio Piacenti ...
Man at Party (uncredited)
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Various (uncredited) (voice)
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Anne (uncredited) (voice)
Andrea Scazzola ...
Man in White Coat (uncredited)
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Maria's Boyfriend / Man Walking with Girl on Beach (uncredited)
Lanfranco Spinola ...
Journalist at Airport (uncredited)
Marcella Theodoli ...
Traveller at Airport (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi ...
Journalist at Airport (uncredited)

Directed by

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Dario Argento

Written by

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Dario Argento ... (story)
 
Dario Argento ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Claudio Argento ... producer
Salvatore Argento ... executive producer
Allan Scott ... producer: English version

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Massimo Morante ... (as Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli)
Fabio Pignatelli ... (as Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli)
Claudio Simonetti ... (as Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli)

Cinematography by

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Luciano Tovoli ... director of photography

Editing by

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Franco Fraticelli

Editorial Department

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Piero Bozza ... assistant editor
Roberto Priori ... assistant editor
David Block ... colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Beth Charkham

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Giuseppe Bassan

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Tommaso Barbi
Maurizio Garrone

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Piero Cicoletti ... (as Pierangelo Cicoletti)
Franco Tomei

Makeup Department

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Patrizia Corridoni ... key hair stylist
Pierantonio Mecacci ... makeup artist (as Pierino Macacci) / makeup artist

Production Management

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Cesare Jacolucci ... production manager / production supervisor
Giuseppe Mangogna ... production manager
William Lustig ... production services: New York (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lamberto Bava ... first assistant director
Michele Soavi ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Antonella Caputo ... assistant production designer
Massimo Garrone ... assistant set decorator
Osvaldo Monaco ... property master
Giuseppe Pagnotta ... property master
Cesare Piccini ... assistant property master
Aldo Taloni ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Luciano Anzellotti ... sound effects
Massimo Anzellotti ... sound effects
Mario Dallimonti ... sound
Giancarlo Laurenzi ... boom operator
Romano Pampaloni ... sound mixer
Anthony Sloman ... sound editor: English version

Special Effects by

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Giovanni Corridori ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Ivan Tozzi ... digital color grading restoration (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Francesco Bellomo ... still photographer
Remo Cartocci ... grip
Francesco Giulivi ... gaffer
Roberto Marsigli ... assistant camera
Mario Moreschini ... key grip
Maurizio Piano ... assistant camera
Giuseppe Tinelli ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Barbara Canevari ... assistant costume designer
Vanda Caprioli ... wardrobe

Script and Continuity Department

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Francesca Roberti ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Salvatore Argento ... presenter
Ferdinando Caputo ... production accountant
Diego Della Valle ... shoemaker
Carlo Du Bois ... production accountant
Enrico Lucherini ... unit publicist
Saverio Mangogna ... production secretary
Cesare Piccini ... leather
Bruno Alessandro ... voice dubbing: Fulvio Mingozzi (uncredited)
Emilio Cappuccio ... voice dubbing: Anthony Franciosa (uncredited)
Christian Dines ... bonus material editor (uncredited)
Pino Locchi ... voice dubbing: Giuliano Gemma (uncredited)
Carlo Sabatini ... voice dubbing: John Saxon (uncredited)
Carlo Valli ... voice dubbing: John Steiner (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

With Argento's trademark visual style, linked with one of his more coherent plots, Tenebrae follows a writer who arrives to Rome only to find somebody is using his novels as the inspiration (and, occasionally, the means) of committing murder. As the death toll mounts the police are ever baffled, and the writer becomes more closely linked to the case than is comfortable. Written by David Carroll

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Also Known As
  • Sotto gli occhi dell'assassino (Italy)
  • Tenebrae (United States)
  • Tenebrae (Singapore, English title)
  • Shadow (Japan, English title)
  • Unsane (United States)
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Runtime
  • 101 min
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Trivia The impressive two and a half minute crane shot that encircles Tilda's house took three days to be completed. American distributors wanted the shot to be cut from the film for US release, but Argento refused. See more »
Goofs When Peter chases after the killer out to the street, the long shot shows him from the rear, looking to his left, but in the following close-up from the front, he's looking to his right. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Love of Ulysses (1984). See more »
Soundtracks Take Me Tonight See more »
Crazy Credits Anne's screams continue even as the ending credits roll. See more »
Quotes Peter Neal: Let me ask you something? If someone is killed with a Smith & Wesson revolver... Do you go and interview the president of Smith & Wesson?
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