Fracchia contro Dracula
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| Directed by | Neri Parenti |
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| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli[1] |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari[1] |
| Music by | Bruno Zambrini[1] |
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| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Fracchia contro Dracula is a
Plot summary
Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is tasked to sell a piece of real estate in Transylvania. Otherwise, he will lose his job. The customer is the obtusely nagging and prickly accountant Arturo Filini, who suffers from heavy nearsightedness and does not realize that the manor he is interested in is actually Count Dracula's castle.
Once on the spot, Fracchia is terrified at the going-ons while Filini, in true
Frankenstein Monster
. In the end an ash-tipped umbrella seems to solve the situation, but...was it all for real or just a horror-film fueled nightmare?
Cast
- Paolo Villaggio as Giandomenico Fracchia
- Edmund Purdom as Count Vlad / Dracula
- Gigi Reder as Ragionier Filini
- Ania Pieroni as Countess Oniria
- Giuseppe Cederna as Boris
- Isabella Ferrari as Luna
- Susanna Martinková as Stefania
- Romano Puppo as the Frankenstein Monster
- Filippo De Gara as butler of Dracula
- Federica Brion as Catarina
- Paul Muller as employer of Fracchia
- Lars Bloch as the doctor
Release
Fraccia contro Dracula was distributed theatrically in Italy by
Italian lire.[1] Film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film was a commercial disappointment being released at a fruitful time of the year and only becoming the 60th highest grossing film in Italy of that year.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2019, p. 127.
- ISBN 8877424230.
- ISBN 88-6073-626-9.
- ^ Curti 2019, p. 129.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
External links
- Fracchia contro Dracula at IMDb
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