The Hand That Feeds the Dead

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox film/short descriptionTemplate:Template other The Hand That Feeds the Dead (Template:Langx) is a 1974 Gothic horror film directed by Sergio Garrone and starring Klaus Kinski.Template:Sfn In this film, a 19th-century doctor finds a laboratory in his basement and starts dabbling in reanimation.

Cast

Although they are credited, Carla Mancini does not appear in the film.Template:Sfn Ayhan Işık, Erol Taş and are not credited in Italian prints of the film.Template:Sfn

• Klaus Kinski as Prof. Nijinski
• Katia Christine as Masha / Tanja Nijinski
• Ayhan Işık as Alex
• Caterina Chiani as Katja Olenov
• Erol Taş as Vanya

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Production

After directing the war film La colomba non deve volare, director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film.Template:Sfn After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer Şakir V. Sözen.Template:Sfn Sözen had previously produced Frank Agrama's crime film L'amico del padrino and offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Işık who had co-starred in L'amico del padrino.Template:Sfn According to Garrone, Sözen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks.Template:Sfn This led to the production of both Le amanti del mostro and The Hand That Feeds the Dead.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Garrone described the general idea for the film as a variation on a "Frankenstein story"Template:Sfn The film was shot in Istanbul and Elios Studios in Rome.Template:Sfn The special effects for the surgical scenes in the film were provided by Carlo Rambaldi.Template:Sfn

Release

The Hand That Feeds the Dead was released in Italy on 29 April 1974.Template:Sfn The Turkish version of the film was not released until 1986 after actor and producer Yilmaz Duru bought the negatives from Sözen and released it as Ölümün Nefesi (Template:Literal translation).Template:Sfn Duru re-edited the film and added music by Arif Melikov.Template:Sfn Ölümün Nefesi was released on home video for Turkish and German home video markets and broadcast on Turkish television.Template:Sfn The Turkish version was shown at the 2001 Ankara Film Festival.Template:Sfn

External links

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• The Hand That Feeds the Dead at Variety Distribution