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An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
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- 1 nomination
Bradford Dillman
- Bill Delancey
- (as Brad Dillman)
Curd Jürgens
- Duncan Ely
- (as Curt Jurgens)
Berry Kroeger
- Raymont
- (as Barry Kroeger)
Terrence Scammell
- Richard
- (as Terence Scammell)
Leon Alton
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Antoinette Bower
- Member of Ely's Group
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaHas the singular distinction of being the only theatrical film produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the entire calendar year of 1970, this due to financial reversals incurred by the studio when several of its recent films failed at the box office.
- GoofsAt various points during the film, the demonic potion bottle varies between a clear glass bottle partially filled with blue liquid and a blue glass bottle in which the liquid cannot be seen.
- Quotes
Duncan Ely: People should be born at the age of 70 and live their life backwards.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate cut of The Mephisto Waltz ran on the Flix network in the early-mid 2000s. This version includes two memorable differences: a much longer floor shot close up of the Doberman's head wearing the Halloween mask, and a shot of Satan's hooves when he visits Paula Clarkson (Jacqueline Bisset) during her Satanic ritual.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
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Another variation on the damnation of Faust ,this waltz borrows from "mad love" -particularly the French version ("the hands of Orlac" ) starring Mel Ferrer as a pianist -and mainly from Levin's "Rosemary's baby" :the new friends whom the husband (Alda) find nice and helpful whereas the wife finds them intrusive :the "bargain " is even worse than in Polanski's movie.
The "supernatural " scenes are not convincing (nothing to match Rosemary's nightmare) ,but Jacqueline Bisset is an excellent actress (on the other hand ,Alan Alda is inexpressive, the changing in his personality does not really show) who carries the movie on her shoulders, and she gets strong support from Barbara Perkins as disturbing Roxanne and seasoned German actor Curd Jurgens.
Add a good final twist : you do not realize at once what really happened.
The "supernatural " scenes are not convincing (nothing to match Rosemary's nightmare) ,but Jacqueline Bisset is an excellent actress (on the other hand ,Alan Alda is inexpressive, the changing in his personality does not really show) who carries the movie on her shoulders, and she gets strong support from Barbara Perkins as disturbing Roxanne and seasoned German actor Curd Jurgens.
Add a good final twist : you do not realize at once what really happened.
- ulicknormanowen
- Jan 31, 2021
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- Satan's Transplant
- Filming locations
- Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Paula Clarkson walking over bridge in Century City)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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