Black Journal

Nov 24, 1977

1h 52m

★ 5.4

Overview

A mother so insanely overprotective of her grown son decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Comedy

Production Companies

Triangolo Film

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Cast

Lea

Shelley Winters

Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal

Max von Sydow

Stella Kraus / Carabiniere

Renato Pozzetto

Berta Maner / Banker

Alberto Lionello

Sandra

Laura Antonelli

Rosario

Mario Scaccia

Priest Don Onorio

Franco Branciaroli

Tina

Milena Vukotić

Maria

Rita Tushingham

Palma

Adriana Asti

Michele

Antonio Marsina

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