The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
Country: US
Technical: col 109m
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Parkins
Synopsis:
An aspiring concert pianist makes the acquaintance of a dying occultist, who arranges for his soul to pass into the former's body on his death. Thereafter, the musician's pianism takes on an altogether more diabolic virtuosity.
Review:
Stylish horror with musical compensations and erotic trimmings. The look is otherwise televisual in tone, but the film far exceeds that in ambition and remains with you for some time afterwards.
Country: US
Technical: col 109m
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Parkins
Synopsis:
An aspiring concert pianist makes the acquaintance of a dying occultist, who arranges for his soul to pass into the former's body on his death. Thereafter, the musician's pianism takes on an altogether more diabolic virtuosity.
Review:
Stylish horror with musical compensations and erotic trimmings. The look is otherwise televisual in tone, but the film far exceeds that in ambition and remains with you for some time afterwards.
Country: US
Technical: col 109m
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Parkins
Synopsis:
An aspiring concert pianist makes the acquaintance of a dying occultist, who arranges for his soul to pass into the former's body on his death. Thereafter, the musician's pianism takes on an altogether more diabolic virtuosity.
Review:
Stylish horror with musical compensations and erotic trimmings. The look is otherwise televisual in tone, but the film far exceeds that in ambition and remains with you for some time afterwards.