Erika (film)

1971 Italian film

Erika

Directed by| Filippo Walter Ratti
Written by| Aldo Marcovecchio
Starring|

* Pierre Brice
* Patrizia Viotti
* Carla Mancini

Cinematography| Girolamo La Rosa
Edited by| Rolando Salvatori
Music by| Roberto Pregadio

Production
company

Primax

Distributed by|

* King Film International
* Butcher's Film Distributors (UK)
* New World Pictures (US)

Release date

* 8 March 1971 (1971-03-08)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Erika is a 1971 Italian drama film[1] directed by Filippo Walter Ratti and starring Pierre Brice, Patrizia Viotti and Carla Mancini.[2] The film grossed over 300 million lire on release, but was then banned due to alleged obscene content.[citation needed]

It was shot at the Elios Studios in Rome and on location around Faleria in Lazio. It was shot back-to-back with The Night of the Damned, using the same sets. The art direction was by Elio Balletti.

## Synopsis

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A free-spirited young German woman arrives to stay with an aristocratic family in Sicily, causing havoc to their lives.

## Cast

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* Pierre Brice as Renato Laurana
* Patrizia Viotti as Erika
* Giuseppe Fortis as Baron Giovanni Laurana
* Carla Mancini as Concettina
* Bernard De Vries as Luca Laurana
* Franca Haas as Mother of Concettina
* Antonio Anelli as Padre Gaetano
* Irio Fantini
* Carla Calò (as Carol Brown)

## References

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1. ^ Sanguisughe Sexy: Vavmpires in Italian Genre Cinema Between 1956 and 1975 (PDF). Northumbria University. 2018.
2. ^ Curti p.43

## Bibliography

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* Curti, Roberto. Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland, 2017.

## External links

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* Erika at IMDb

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