Movie

Pact with the Devil (1950)

• January 11, 1950
• 1h 24m

• Drama

Overview

The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.

Director

Luigi Chiarini

Writers

Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luigi Chiarini, Carlo Mazzoni, Mario Serandrei

Starring

Isa Miranda, Jacques François, Annibale Betrone