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The Hand That Feeds the Dead
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'The Hand That Feeds the Dead' is a 1974 gothic horror film directed by Sergio Garrone and starring Klaus Kinski. In this film, a 19th-century doctor finds a laboratory in his basement and starts dabbling in reanimation.
Cast
Although they are credited, Carla Mancini does not appear in the film. Ayhan Ik, Erol Ta and are not credited in Italian prints of the film.
* Klaus Kinski as Prof. Nijinski
* Katia Christine as Masha / Tanja Nijinski
* Ayhan Ik as Alex
* Caterina Chiani as Katja Olenov
* Erol Ta as Vanya
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Production
After directing the war film 'La colomba non deve volare', director Sergio Garrone began work on a horror film. After contacting the Italian distributor named Sabatini, he was introduced to the Rome-based Turkish producer akir V. Szen. Szen had previously produced Frank Agrama's crime film 'L'amico del padrino' and offered the location of a huge villa and proposed casting the Turkish actor Ayhan Ik who had co-starred in 'L'amico del padrino'. According to Garrone, Szen suggested instead of making one film in six weeks, that they should make two films in eight weeks. This led to the production of both 'Le amanti del mostro' and 'The Hand That Feeds the Dead'.
Garrone described the general idea for the film as a variation on a "Frankenstein story" The film was shot in Istanbul and Elios Studios in Rome. The special effects for the surgical scenes in the film were provided by Carlo Rambaldi.
Release
'The Hand That Feeds the Dead' was released in Italy on 29 April 1974. The Turkish version of the film was not released until 1986 after actor and producer Yilmaz Duru bought the negatives from Szen and released it as 'lmn Nefesi' . Duru re-edited the film and added music by Arif Melikov. 'lmn Nefesi' was released on home video for Turkish and German home video markets and broadcast on Turkish television. The Turkish version was shown at the 2001 Ankara Film Festival.
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