Overview
The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Cast
- Isa Miranda as Marta Larocca
- Jacques François as Andrea Mola
- Annibale Betrone as Old Laroccha - Marta's father
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Giacomo Mola
- Ave Ninchi as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
- Luigi Tosi as Rocco
- Anne Vernon as Andrea's sister
- Fiore Davanzati as Sarina
- Umberto Spadaro as Scoppola - the killer
- Guido Celano as Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri