Cinema
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh
Sergio Martino · 1971
Synopsis
Julie Wardh and her husband Neil, a diplomat, return to Vienna after a stay in New York. The city is terrorised by a killer who murders women with a razor. Julie receives anonymous phone calls, and Jean, the violent former lover she left, reappears; she wonders whether he is the killer. At the same time she grows closer to George, a seducer from Australia.
Context
The screenplay is by Ernesto Gastaldi, Vittorio Caronia and Eduardo Manzanos Brochero, the music by Nora Orlandi; the film was produced by Luciano Martino, the director's brother. Edwige Fenech plays Julie, with George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Alberto de Mendoza. It was shot in Vienna, notably in the park of Schönbrunn, and in Spain, at Sitges. It was released in Italy in January 1971.
Who it is for
About an hour and a half. A giallo, an Italian thriller of suspense and murders, for an adult audience.
Prizes and reception
Reissued on Blu-ray in Great Britain in 2017, in the United States in 2020, then in France in 2024 in a box set of three films by its director.
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