Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Michele Soavi

Writers:

Gianni Romoli (writer)
Tiziano Sclavi (novel)

Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Zombies, guns, and sex, OH MY!!!

Plot:

A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Italy | Cemetery | Death | Corpse

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Rupert Everett	...	Francesco Dellamorte
François Hadji-Lazaro	...	Gnaghi
Anna Falchi	...	She
Mickey Knox	...	Marshall Straniero
Fabiana Formica	...	Valentina Scanarotti
Clive Riche	...	Doctor Verseci
Katja Anton	...	Claudio's Girlfriend
Barbara Cupisti	...	Magda
Anton Alexander	...	Franco
Pietro Genuardi	...	New Mayor Civardi
Patrizia Punzo	...	Claudio's Mother
Stefano Masciarelli	...	Mayor Scanarotti
Vito Passeri	...	1st Returner
Alessandro Zamattio	...	Claudio
Marijn Koopman
Renato Donis	...	Husband of 'She'
Claudia Lawrence	...	Miss Chiaromondo
Francesca Gamba	...	Hospital Nurse
Elio Cesari	...	Monk
Maurizio Romoli	...	Hospital Doctor
Maddalena Ischiale	...	Stanza Franco Nurse
Elena Fresco	...	Hospital Sister (as Mariaelena Fresu)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michele Soavi	...	Man in City Square (uncredited)

Directed by
Michele Soavi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gianni Romoli		writer (as Giovanni Romoli)
Tiziano Sclavi		novel

Produced by
Conchita Airoldi	....	co-producer
Conchita Airoldi	....	executive producer
Heinz Bibo	....	producer
Tilde Corsi	....	producer
Dino Di Dionisio	....	co-producer
Dino Di Dionisio	....	executive producer
Gianni Romoli	....	producer (as Giovanni Romoli)
Michele Soavi	....	producer

Original Music by
Riccardo Biseo
Manuel De Sica

Cinematography by
Mauro Marchetti

Film Editing by
Franco Fraticelli

Production Design by
Massimo Antonello Geleng

Set Decoration by
Roberto Caruso

Costume Design by
Alfonsina Lettieri
Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department
Daniele Auber	....	assistant makeup artist
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	chief hair stylist
Enrico Jacoponi	....	makeup artist (as Enrico Iacoponi)
Marijn Koopman	....	assistant makeup artist
Barbara Morosetti	....	assistant makeup artist
Francesco Motolese	....	assistant makeup artist
Sabrina Ranalli	....	hair stylist
Sergio Stivaletti	....	makeup artist
Gino Zamprioli	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Carla Bernardin	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Gavras	....	assistant director
Enrico Grassi	....	first assistant director
Francesca Marra	....	assistant director

Art Department
Roberto Angelini	....	sculptor
Marina Pinzuti Ansolini	....	set dresser
Sebastiano De Caro	....	property master
Tommaso Dubla	....	set painter
Umberto Fantina	....	carpenter
Maurizio Garrone	....	assistant production designer
Sergio Grassi	....	property master
Osvaldo Monaco	....	property master
Caterina Napoleone	....	assistant production designer
Dionisio Rossi	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Andrea Dallimonti	....	sound recordist
Alessandro Peticca	....	sound editor (as Sandro Peticca)
Alfredo Petti	....	boom operator
Angelo Raguseo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank von Kuegelgen	....	adr editor

Special Effects by
Daniele Auber	....	special effects assistant
Marijn Koopman	....	special effects assistant
Barbara Morosetti	....	special effects assistant
Francesco Motolese	....	special effects assistant
Sergio Stivaletti	....	special effects designer

Visual Effects by
Francesca R. Di Nunzio	....	ossuary designer
Sergio Stivaletti	....	ossuary designer

Stunts
Valerio Colombaioni	....	stunts
Zamperla Mirko	....	stunts
Fabio Romanielo	....	stunts
Mauro Romanielo	....	stunts
Pamela Vitali	....	stunts
David Zamperla	....	stunts
Nazzareno Zamperla	....	stunt coordinator (as Neno Zamperla)
Rinaldo Zamperla	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	Steadicam operator
Domenico Caponecchi	....	grip
Romolo Eucalitto	....	still photographer
Stefano Falivene	....	focus puller
Claudio Frollano	....	electrician
Luciano Giusepponi	....	key grip
Roberto Luzi	....	camera operator
Marco Massaccesi	....	electrician
Cesare Pascarella	....	grip
Marco Pieroni	....	Steadicam operator
Giovanni Piperno	....	camera loader
Otello Simotti	....	generator operator
Claudio Verdenelli	....	chief electrician

Casting Department
Ofelia Garcia	....	casting: children

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	assistant costume designer
Monica Ricci	....	costume assistant
Maria Spigarelli	....	wardrobe mistress
Maura Zuccherofino	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Julie Gavras	....	post-production
Roberto Priori	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Renato Agostini	....	set technician
Guido Airoldi	....	paymaster
Giordano Esposito	....	production assistant
Renata Franceschi	....	continuity
Alessandra Guerra	....	cutting room assistant
Paolo Lombardi	....	voice dubbing: François Hadji-Lazaro
Anna Orieti	....	production accountant
Roberto Pedicini	....	voice dubbing: Rupert Everett
Barbara Petrelli	....	production secretary
Claudio Quaglietti	....	set technician
William Quarshie	....	dialogue director
Frank von Kuegelgen	....	adr director
Emilio Zaccaria	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Audiofilm
• Bibo Productions
• Canal+
• Eurimages
• K.G. Productions
• Silvio Berlusconi Communications
• Urania Film

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• CMV Laservision (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Fox Video (video)
• Jacinto Santos Parrás (Spain)
• Malofilm Home Video (Canada) (VHS) (as "Cemetery Man") (dubbed)
• Norstar Releasing (1996) (Canada) (as "Cemetery Man") (dubbed)
• October Films (1996) (USA) (dubbed)
• Penta Video S.r.l. (Italy) (VHS)
• VellaVisión (Spain) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Cemetery Man (USA)
Demons '95
Of Death and Love (Australia)
Of Death, of Love (International: English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for macabre violence and gore, strong sexuality and some language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | France | Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Italy:T | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company:

Audiofilm

Trivia:

The English translation of Dellamorte Dellamore is 'Of Dead of Love.'

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scenes where characters are being bitten by the "returners", make-up lines are clearly visible on their skin around the bites.

Quotes:

Valentina Scanarotti: With your consent, I'd like to marry Gnaghi.
Mayor Scanarotti: This - horrible - thing?
Valentina Scanarotti: I'm not such a great catch either, Daddy.
Mayor Scanarotti: Not as long, dear, as I've got a breath in my body.
Valentina Scanarotti: All right. We'll fix that right away.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Hellraiser

An Italian masterpiece

Michel Soavi's incredible Italian horror film is one of the BEST horror films ever made. It is made with obvious love and affection and respect for the genre and it delivers in every department.

It is also a story about an improbable friendship that is moving and real.

It is surreal, bloody, beautiful, brutal and extremely well acted and photographed.

Rupert Everett is the caretaker of a cemetery where the dead don't stay dead. He has his hands full dealing with the recently returned and the undead love of his life.

Words can not do justice to the magic of this movie or the impression it leaves.

If you believe in the magic of cinema and are willing to embrace fantasy in its purest form, open yourself up to DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE.