Overview
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
Cast
- Joseph Cotten as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
- Elke Sommer as Eva Arnold
- Massimo Girotti as Dr. Karl Hummel
- Antonio Cantafora as Peter Kleist
- Umberto Raho as Inspector
- Luciano Pigozzi as Fritz
- Nicoletta Elmi as Gretchen Hummel
- Dieter Tressler as Mayor Dortmundt
- Rolf Halwich as Auctioner
- Gustavo De Nardo as Dr. Werner Hesse