Amori pericolosi

Amori pericolosi is a 1964 anthology film consisting of three segments directed by Alfredo Giannetti, Carlo Lizzani and Giulio Questi.[1]

Amori pericolosi
Directed by	Alfredo Giannetti Carlo Lizzani Giulio Questi
Produced by	Moris Ergas[1]
Screenplay by	Giulio Questi Franco Brusati Carlo Lizzani Alfredo Giannetti[1]
Story by	Giulio Questi Alfredo Giannetti[1]
Starring	Grégoire Aslan Frank Wolff
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni Alvaro Mancori Tonino Delli Colli[1]
Edited by	Franco Arcalli Franco Fraticeli Ruggero Mastroianni[1]
Production company	Fulco Film Zebra Film Aera Film[1]
Distributed by	Cineriz[1]
Release date	14 August 1964 (Italy)
Country	Italy France[2][3]
Box office	48.3 million Italian lire

Cast

Il generale

• Grégoire Aslan: The General
• Sandra Milo: The lover of the General
• Marco Tulli

La ronda

• Frank Wolff: The husband
• Ornella Vanoni: The prostitute
• Vittorio Congia
• Glauco Onorato

Il passo

• Frank Wolff: The husband
• Juliette Mayniel: The wife
• Graziella Granata: The maid
• Jean Sorel: The legionary
• Gérard Blain: The attendant
• Bice Valori: The servant

Production

Director Giulio Questi was a last minute addition as a director for Amori pericolosi.[4] Questi recalled that Peppino Amato and Moris Ergas were both the initial producers for the film and that Amato died which led to Ergas taking over as the producer.[4] The film was shot in 1961 and only released later in 1964.[4]

Release

Amori pericolosi was distributed theatrically in Italy by Cineriz on 14 August 1964.[3] The film grossed a total of 48,300,000 Italian lire.[3] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described the films box office presence in Italy as being "passed unnoticed".[5]

Reception

According to Curti, critics did not like Amori pericolosi, especially "Il passo" directed by Giulio Questi, with critic Alberto Abruzzese finding it conveying "an old and decrepit theme with a formal refinement that was between mannered decadence and a misunderstood naturalism."[5][6][5]

References

1. "Amori pericolosi (1964)" (in Italian). Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. Curti 2015, p. 125.
3. Curti 2015, p. 126.
4. Curti 2018, p. 87.
5. Curti 2015, p. 127.
6. Abruzzese, Alberto (September 1964). "Amori pericolosi". Cinema 60 (in Italian). No. 45. pp. 61–62.

Sources

• Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Curti, Roberto (2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Amori pericolosi at IMDb