Fracchia contro Dracula
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| Directed by | Neri Parenti |
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| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli[1] |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari[1] |
| Music by | Bruno Zambrini[1] |
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| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Fracchia contro Draculais a1985Italianhorror comedyfilm directed byNeri Parenti.[2][3]
Plot summary
[edit]Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is tasked to sell a piece of real estate inTransylvania.Otherwise, he will lose his job. The customer is the obtusely nagging and prickly accountant Arturo Filini, who suffers from heavy nearsightedness and does not realize that the manor he is interested in is actuallyCount Dracula's castle.
Once on the spot, Fracchia is terrified at the going-ons while Filini, in trueMister Magoo-style, dismisses them as 'tricks' to dissuade him from the estate deal. Meanwhile, a young and attractivevampire hunter(Isabella Ferrari) arrives. She is determined to avenge her brother's death, who perished trying to rid the world of Dracula and his cohorts. The events turn even more farcical when Dracula's sister confesses her love for Fracchia to try to avoid being engaged to theFrankenstein Monster.In the end an ash-tipped umbrella seems to solve the situation, but...was it all for real or just a horror-film fueled nightmare?
Cast
[edit]- Paolo Villaggioas Giandomenico Fracchia
- Edmund Purdomas Count Vlad / Dracula
- Gigi Rederas Ragionier Filini
- Ania Pieronias Countess Oniria
- Giuseppe Cedernaas Boris
- Isabella Ferrarias Luna
- Susanna Martinkováas Stefania
- Romano Puppoas the Frankenstein Monster
- Filippo De Garaas butler of Dracula
- Federica Brionas Catarina
- Paul Mulleras employer of Fracchia
- Lars Blochas the doctor
Release
[edit]Fracchia contro Draculawas distributed theatrically in Italy byTitanuson December 19, 1986.[1]The film grossed a total of 818,235,000Italian lire.[1]Film historian and critic Roberto Curti stated that the film was a commercial disappointment being released at a fruitful time of the year and only becoming the 60th highest grossing film in Italy of that year.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijkCurti 2019,p. 127.
- ^Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia.Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film.Gremese, 2000.ISBN8877424230.
- ^Paolo Mereghetti.Il Mereghetti.B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010.ISBN88-6073-626-9.
- ^Curti 2019,p. 129.
Sources
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2019).Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989.McFarland.ISBN978-1476672434.
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