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The Girl Who Knew Too Much

La ragazza che sapeva troppo

Italy

1963

92 Min
Black and White
1.66:1
Italian
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DIR Mario Bava

PROD Massimo de Rita

SCR Mario Bava, Enzo Corbucci, Ennio De Concini, Eliana De Sabata, Mino Guerrini, Franco Prosperi

DP Mario Bava

CAST Leticia Roman, John Saxon, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino, Luigi Bonos

ED Mario Serandrei

MUSIC Roberto Nicolosi, Les Baxter

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Mario Bava

Mario Bava was born in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. The son of Eugenio Bava, a sculptor who became a pioneer of special effects photography and subsequently one of the great cameramen of Italian silent pictures, Mario Bava’s first ambition was to become a painter. Unable to turn out paintings at a profitable rate, he went into his father’s business, working as an assistant to other Italian cinematographers like Massimo Terzano, while also offering assistance to his father who headed the special effects department at Benito Mussolini’s film factory, the Instituto LUCE.

Bava became a cinematographer in his own right in 1939, shooting two short films with Roberto Rossellini. He made his feature debut in the early 1940s. Bava’s camerawork was an instrumental factor in developing the screen personas of such stars of the period as Gina Lollobrigida, Steve Reeves and Aldo Fabrizi.

Bava co-directed his first genre film in 1958: Le morte viene dallo spazio (The Day the Sky Exploded… read more

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Daniela

4May12

Giallo's make murder so much fun. Oh boy!

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roger o. thornhill

16Mar12

beautifully shot and quite suspenseful.......

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harrycaul

24Apr11

At the risk of starting a riot, I actually think this is Bava's best giallo :P

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Christopher Smith

22Jun10

A sharp and stylish early thriller from director Mario Bava. A tight, fast-paced story full of great twists and expertly crafted suspense sequences atmospherically lensed through Bava's crisp black and white cinematography. Great use of Rome locations, as well as some wry humor. A suspense classic seminal to the giallo genre that shows Bava's burgeoning cinematic genius.

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When gialli spoil your brain

By Konrad Szlenda​k on April 17, 2012

Hailed by critics and movie buffs as the first giallo movie in cinema history, Mario Bava’s “The Girl Who Knew Too Much” (or “La ragazza che sapeva troppo”) takes it’s title from critically acclaimed…  read review

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