The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Director
Luigi Chiarini
Isa Miranda
Marta Larocca
Jacques François
Andrea Mola
Annibale Betrone
Old Laroccha - Marta's father
Eduardo Ciannelli
Giacomo Mola
Ave Ninchi
Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
Luigi Tosi
Rocco
Anne Vernon
Andrea's sister
Umberto Spadaro
Scoppola - the killer
Guido Celano
Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
Lamberto Picasso
The priest
Camillo Pilotto
Jacques Sernas
Nico Pepe
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