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1971·Thriller·1h 39m
7.1
When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
Directed by Duccio Tessari
whodunit
playing piano
murder investigation
miscarriage of justice

Cast

Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger
Giorgio
Giancarlo Sbragia
Giancarlo Sbragia
Alessandro Marchi
Ida Galli
Ida Galli
Maria Marchi
Wendy D'Olive
Wendy D'Olive
Sarah Marchi
Günther Stoll
Günther Stoll
Attorney Giulio Cordaro
Carole André
Carole André
Françoise Pigaut
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
The Prosecutor
Lorella De Luca
Lorella De Luca
Marta Clerici
Silvano Tranquilli
Silvano Tranquilli
Inspector Berardi
Gabriella D'Olive
Gabriella D'Olive
Gabriella Giusti
Stefano Oppedisano
Stefano Oppedisano
Anna Zinnemann
Anna Zinnemann
Anna Bellini

Crew

Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari
Director
Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari
Writer
Paola Comencini
Paola Comencini
Costume Design
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Novel

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Gustav
Gustav
The Bloodstained Butterfly
A 70s Italian serial killer whodunit, and yet it feels almost anti-giallo. It feels more realistic, pessimistic, tragic. A lot of it takes place in broad daylight, bringing all the nastiness into the open.
It has one too many shameless (and unnecessary) red herrings, but it's still an intriguing and different film from when the genre was starting to be dominated by black gloves and Goblin.
A 70s Italian serial killer whodunit, and yet it feels almost anti-giallo. It feels more realistic, pessimistic, tragic. A lot of it takes place in broad daylight, bringing all the nastiness into the open.
It has one too many shameless (and unnecessary) red herrings, but it's still an intriguing and different film from when the genre was starting to be dominated by black gloves and Goblin.
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Will Ingram
Will Ingram
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Definitely on the low end of the Giallo’s that I’ve seen recently
Definitely on the low end of the Giallo’s that I’ve seen recently
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