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A Taste of Death

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A Taste of Death
Directed bySergio Merolle
Written byBiagio Proietti
Produced byEnzo Merolle
Robert Dorfmann
StarringAndrea Giordana
John Ireland
Raymond Pellegrin
CinematographyBenito Frattari
Edited byAntonietta Zita
Music byFrancesco De Masi
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
CountryItaly

A Taste of Death (Italian: Quanto costa morire, French: Les colts brillent au soleil, also known as Cost of Dying) is a 1968 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Sergio Merolle and starring Andrea Giordana, John Ireland and Raymond Pellegrin.

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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The film was co-produced by Italian Cine Azimut and French Les Films Corona.[1][2] It was mainly shot in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.[2] It was the only directorial effort by Sergio Merolle, who was mainly active as production manager in art films.[2]

Reception

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Several critics noted the political subtext of the film, whose plot is a metaphor of the Italian resistance movement in the World War II.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Poppi, Roberto; Pecorari, Mario (2007). "Quanto costa morire". Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore. p. 151. ISBN 978-88-8440-503-6.
  2. ^ a b c d Giusti, Marco (2007). "Quanto costa morire". Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. pp. 397–8. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
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