The Mephisto Waltz
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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 11, 1971 |
Starring:
Alan Alda, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, Curd Jürgens, Curt Lowens, Gregory Morton, Jacqueline Bisset, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, William Windom
Summary:
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
The film features some real mystery and suspense, a few laughably outlandish touches, one of Jacqueline Bisset's more watchable early roles, lots of Liszt and a reasonable amount of not-too-graphic scary fun. [07 Jul 1989, p.20]
The Mephisto Waltz, which is inferior to "Rosemary's Baby" on all sorts of fundamental levels like direction, photography and acting, is fatally inferior in its understanding of the supernatural. If a horror movie is to be taken seriously, it has to pretend to take horror seriously. And this one doesn't.
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A confusing, unintentionally funny movie starring Jacqueline Bisset and a young Alan Alda. [23 Jun 2002, p.8]
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