Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh

1971
VM18
1h 38min

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Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh (1971)

A Â‘violent masterpieceÂ’ directed by Sergio Martino (Torso)

An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer. This beautiful hypnotic film depicts a series of grisly murders, the victims of which all have some con

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaShortly after moving to Vienna, Austria with her diplomat husband, a woman is stalked and terrorized by a mysterious razor-wielding maniac, with people around her getting killed one by one.Shortly after moving to Vienna, Austria with her diplomat husband, a woman is stalked and terrorized by a mysterious razor-wielding maniac, with people around her getting killed one by one.Shortly after moving to Vienna, Austria with her diplomat husband, a woman is stalked and terrorized by a mysterious razor-wielding maniac, with people around her getting killed one by one.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,9/10

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Carol Brandt
(as Cristina Airoldi)

Manuel Gil

Dr. Arbe
(as Manuel Gill)

Carlo Alighiero

Commissioner

Ivan Rassimov

Jean

Alberto de Mendoza

Neil Wardh

Bruno Corazzari

Razor Killer

Marella Corbi

Air Hostess

Miguel del Castillo

Spanish Doctor

Luis de Tejada

Spanish Inspector

Brizio Montinaro

Party Guest

Anne Pouchie

Shower Victim
(as Pouchie)

Mira Vidotto

Wardh Housemaid

Letizia Lehir

Killed Prostitute
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Giuseppe Marrocco

Neighbor
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Francesco Narducci

Police Photographer
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Oscar Sciamanna

Party Guest
(non citato nei titoli originali)

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Quiz
The film was refused a UK cinema certificate in 1971 and passed uncut for DVD in 2011.

Blooper
The actor playing the Spanish news vendor is dubbed incorrectly in the English version. He pronounces the "c" in gracias as "s", which is the Latin American pronunciation. In Spain "c" sounds like "th".

Citazioni
Bouquet card: Now I know you're trying to get away from me --- but your vice is like a room locked from the inside and only I have the key...

Curiosità sui crediti
"The very fact that the commandment says "do not kill" makes us aware and convinced that we are descended from an unbroken chain of generations of assassins, for whom the love of murder was in their blood, as it is perhaps in ours." - Sigmund Freud

Versioni alternative
This was released at least twice on VHS in the United States. The version called Next Victim (box claims it runs 87 minutes) is quite different than the version released as Blade of The Ripper (box claims it runs 83 minutes). The film was shot in widescreen 2:35 and neither is letterboxed. The version released as Next Victim has had all of the nudity edited out of it. Blade of the Ripper has had the opening titles and several other sequences removed entirely, which accounts for the short running time.

Connessioni
Featured in Through the Keyhole: An Interview with Sergio Martino (2015)

Colonne sonore
Non Dirmi Una Bugia
Written by Nora Orlandi

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7/10

Suspenseful and Erotic Giallo

Mrs. Julie Wardh (Edwige Fenech) returns to Vienna with her husband Neil Wardh (Alberto de Mendoza), who is an investor in Wall Street. Julie and Neil have been married for one year but they do not love each other. Julie has a trauma from her former boyfriend Jean (Ivan Rassimov), who was a sadistic man. While Neil has meetings in Austria, Julie spends he vacation with her friend Carol Brandt (Cristina Airoldi). They go to a party where Carol introduces her handsome cousin George Corro (George Hilton), who has just inherited a fortune with her. When Julie sees Jean in the party, she decides to leave the place. Soon Julie, who is neglected by Neil, has a love affair with George. Meanwhile a serial-killer that kills women with a razor blade is terrifying Vienna and the inspector (Carlo Alighiero) has no lead to follow. When Julie is blackmailed because of her love affair with George, she suspects Jean might be the blackmailer. Carol decides to go to the meeting with the blackmailer and is killed. Julie believes that Jean might be the wanted killer and decides to leave Vienna and Neil to go to Spain. Will she be safe and loved?

"Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh" is a suspenseful erotic giallo directed by Sergio Martino in the beginning of his career. The plot is tense and there are many suspects that might be the serial-killer. The conclusion surprises the viewers that will never guess who might be the killer. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Estranho Vício da Senhora Ward" ("The Strange Vice of Mrs. Ward")

Note: On 05 Jun 2020 I saw this film again.