The Conspiracy of Torture

The Conspiracy of Torture

Directed by	Lucio Fulci
Produced by	Giorgio Agliani
Written by	Roberto Gianviti Lucio Fulci
Starring	Adrienne La Russa Tomas Milian Georges Wilson
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Silvano Spadaccino
Cinematography	Erico Menczer
Edited by	Antonietta Zita
Release dates	1969 (1969)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Conspiracy of Torture (Italian: Beatrice Cenci, also known as Conspiracy) is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Lucio Fulci. It depicts real life events of Francesco and Beatrice Cenci.^[1]^[2]

Plot summary

In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci whom he keeps his daughter locked up in the dungeon of his castle and sexually abuses her as well. Beatrice then plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano, to plan Francesco's murder.

Cast

Adrienne La Russa as Beatrice Cenci
Tomas Milian as Olimpio Calvetti
Georges Wilson as Francesco Cenci, Beatrice's Father
Mavie as Lucrezia, Beatrice's Stepmother (as Mavi)
Antonio Casagrande as Don Giacomo Cenci
Raymond Pellegrin as Cardinal Lanciani
Pedro Sanchez as Brigand Catalano
Max Steffen Zacharias as Prospero Farinacci
Umberto D'Orsi as Inspector
Massimo Sarchielli as Gasparro
Mirko Ellis as 3rd Excellency
Ernesto Colli as Chief Guard (uncredited)

References

↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

The Conspiracy of Torture at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Lucio Fulci

Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959)
Howlers in the Dock (1960)
The Swindlers (1963)
How We Got Into Trouble with the Army (1965)
002 Operazione Luna (1965)
The Two Parachutists (1965)
How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966)
Massacre Time (1966)
How We Stole the Atomic Bomb (1967)
The Long, the Short, the Cat (1967)
Operation St. Peter's (1967)
The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
Una sull'altra (1969)
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
The Eroticist (1972)
White Fang (1973)
Challenge to White Fang (1974)
Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
My Sister in Law (1976)
Sette note in nero (1977)
Silver Saddle (1978)
Zombi 2 (1979)
City of the Living Dead (1980)
Contraband (1980)
The Beyond (1981)
The Black Cat (1981)
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Manhattan Baby (1982)
The New York Ripper (1982)
Conquest (1983)
Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984)
Murder Rock (1984)
Aenigma (1987)
Sodoma's Ghost (1988)
Touch of Death (1988)
Zombi 3 (1988)
The House of Clocks (1989)
The Sweet House of Horrors (1989)
A Cat in the Brain (1990)
Demonia (1990)
Voices from Beyond (1990)
Door to Silence (1991)

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