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A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.
Mario Mattia Giorgetti
- Carlo, Hippie in the Demonstration
- (as Mario M. Giorgetti)
Franco Battiato
- The Man in white in the cemetery
- (uncredited)
Guido Crepax
- Guido, White Car Driver
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCorrado Farina: The director actually takes three uncredited bit parts: as the policeman who arrives by car at the demonstration in the graveyard, as the Nazi officer with the white cat and as the WWI Prussian officer in charge of the firing squad.
- GoofsIn the fight scene between Valentina and the Hippie, in the original English version, Baba Yaga is seen kneeling before Valentina, then after a few seconds quick shots of looks back and forth exchanged between the two boxers, in the immediately following shot Baba Yaga is seen standing behind her. This is due to a missing sequence of Baba massaging her legs, as a trainer would to a fighter, removed before release, restored in the director's cut.
- Quotes
Valentina Rosselli: With Brand X undergarments, no more hypocrisy, no more false modesty, and no more racial prejudice. Take off your shirt, Iwojobi. You can leave your pants on. And I want you to forget you have an education and live in the civilized world... . And now, let me see some nice primitive drive, OK? You know, like your ancestors, the ones in the jungle that ate up the missionaries?
- Alternate versionsThe film was cut for its UK cinema release to heavily edit two scenes of full frontal nudity. The 2009 Shameless DVD is fully uncut and features a print re-edited by the director which also previously deleted footage including a pre-credits graveyard scene.
- ConnectionsFeatures Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)
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The Seductive Witch
In Milan, the professional photographer Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funès) takes a ride close to her home with two friends in a party and decides to walk alone in the middle of the night. She saves a dog from a fancy car driver by Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker), a mysterious older woman that insists to drive her home. From this moment on, the life of Valentina changes and she has nightmares and her camera seem to be cursed. She believes Baba Yaga is a witch and that she is under a spell to possess her but her skeptical friend and filmmaker Arno Treves (George Eastman) does not believe. Until the day Valentina visits Baba Yaga´s house.
"Baba Yaga" is a film with stylish cinematography, beautiful music score that becomes tiresome after many repetitions, and a storyline typical from the Italian films from the 70´s (especially from Jesse Franco) with eroticism and cult elements such as references to Goddard and "The Golem". The conclusion is a plus in this interesting witch movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Baba Yaga - A Bruxa Maldita" ("Baba Yaga - The Coursed Witch")
"Baba Yaga" is a film with stylish cinematography, beautiful music score that becomes tiresome after many repetitions, and a storyline typical from the Italian films from the 70´s (especially from Jesse Franco) with eroticism and cult elements such as references to Goddard and "The Golem". The conclusion is a plus in this interesting witch movie. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Baba Yaga - A Bruxa Maldita" ("Baba Yaga - The Coursed Witch")
- claudio_carvalho
- Feb 20, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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