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.
Cast
Annibale Betrone
Old Laroccha - Marta's father
Guido Celano
Il sottuficiale dei carabinieri
Eduardo Ciannelli
Giacomo Mola
Fiore Davanzati
Sarina
Angelo Dessy
Unknown
Oreste Fares
Unknown
Jacques François
Andrea Mola
Isa Miranda
Marta Larocca
Ave Ninchi
Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
Nico Pepe
Unknown
Lamberto Picasso
The priest
Camillo Pilotto
Unknown
Checco Rissone
Unknown
Alfredo Robert
Unknown
Jacques Sernas
Unknown
Umberto Spadaro
Scoppola - the killer
Luigi Tosi
Rocco
Saro Urzì
Unknown
Anne Vernon
Andrea's sister
Crew
Luigi Chiarini
Director, Writer
Corrado Alvaro
Writer
Sergio Amidei
Writer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writer
Carlo Mazzoni
Writer
Mario Serandrei
Writer, Editor
Mario Montuori
Director of Photography
Giovanni Passante Spaccapietre
Assistant Director
Francesco Maselli
Assistant Director
Alberto Salvatori
Producer
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Achille Longo
Original Music Composer