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The Whip and the Body

6.419631h 27mMovieDramaHorror

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

DirectorMario Bava
WritersErnesto Gastaldi·Ugo Guerra

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Cast · Directed by Mario Bava

DLDaliah Lavi
Daliah Lavi
Nevenka
CLChristopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Kurt Menliff
TKTony Kendall
Tony Kendall
Cristiano Menliff
IGIda Galli
Ida Galli
Katia
HMHarriet Medin
Harriet Medin
Giorgia
GNGustavo De Nardo
Gustavo De Nardo
Count Menliff
JHJacques Herlin
Jacques Herlin
Priest
LPLuciano Pigozzi
Luciano Pigozzi
Losat

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