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Il cerchio di sangue

Titolo originale: Berserk
  • 1967
  • Approved
  • 1h 36min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
5,4/10
2865
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Il cerchio di sangue (1967)
A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when the show is targeted by a vicious killer.
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.A scheming circus owner finds her authority challenged when a vicious killer targets the show.

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    • Jim O'Connolly
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Aben Kandel
    • Herman Cohen
  • Star
    • Joan Crawford
    • Ty Hardin
    • Diana Dors
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    5,4/10
    2865
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Jim O'Connolly
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Aben Kandel
      • Herman Cohen
    • Star
      • Joan Crawford
      • Ty Hardin
      • Diana Dors
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    • 37Recensioni della critica
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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Monica Rivers
    Ty Hardin
    Ty Hardin
    • Frank Hawkins
    Diana Dors
    Diana Dors
    • Matilda
    Michael Gough
    Michael Gough
    • Albert Dorando
    Judy Geeson
    Judy Geeson
    • Angela Rivers
    Robert Hardy
    Robert Hardy
    • Superintendent Brooks
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Commissioner Dalby
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Harrison Liston
    George Claydon
    George Claydon
    • Bruno Fontana
    Philip Madoc
    Philip Madoc
    • Lazlo
    Ambrosine Phillpotts
    Ambrosine Phillpotts
    • Miss Burrows
    Thomas Cimarro
    • Gaspar
    Peter Burton
    Peter Burton
    • Gustavo
    Golda Casimir
    • Bearded Lady
    Ted Lune
    • Skeleton Man
    Milton Reid
    Milton Reid
    • Strong Man
    Marianne Stone
    Marianne Stone
    • Wanda
    Miki Iveria
    Miki Iveria
    • Gypsy Fortune-Teller
    • Regia
      • Jim O'Connolly
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Aben Kandel
      • Herman Cohen
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    6BaronBl00d

    Berserk - Where on Earth Did They Get that Title from?

    Old Joan Crawford, dressed in tights and a ringmaster's coat throughout much of the film, plays Monica Rivers, circus owner and apparently heart-breaker to men decades younger than herself. Watch Joan cavort first with Michael Gough with lots of suggestions about their business and personal lives merging(fortunately for Gough this does not last too long as he soon finds himself nailed to another post). So with Gough gone, he-man Ty Hardin, a new high wire act who arrives after the old one hangs himself while performing, comes into the picture, no shirt half the time and all, and makes his moves for the less-than-sexy sixty plus year-old. Watching Crawford and her beaus work with heavily-laden dialog laced with absurd innuendo was the highlight of this film as it was just so preposterous. She looks ancient and yet acts like she is still 25! Anyway, the film itself is one of those films that is so very fun to watch just for those elements already mentioned, the then grisly murders as circus people start to die off, and the lush colour used in the film. The settings of the circus are believably done and Herman Cohen, the producer, always knew how to put on a good show. I even enjoyed some of the circus acts that were intermittently laced in the picture. The rest of the cast is very able with Gough, always good, and George Claydon playing Bruno excelling. Lovely Diana Dors and Judy Geeson also star. Hardin was really quite bad but I really enjoyed his trapeze act at the film's end. While the story can only be classified as silly and absurd, the ending seems way too abrupt even for this film. The film seems to be going along almost effortlessly - Joan prancing about working her guys over(Yuck!) and circus performers dying - then a quick ending that comes out of left field. Despite the many shortcomings, Berserk - why the heck is it named that? - is a whole lot of fun and is very similar, as some other reviewers have noted, to Straight-Jacket, Crawford's film for William Castle.
    6Greensleeves

    More bonkers than berserk!

    It's very sad to see Joan Crawford reduced to appearing in this cheaply made and poorly written opus but she behaves like a STAR all the way through. Who else would have looked so good in a leotard at 62 years old? The film is set in a travelling circus (in reality the UK's Billy Smarts Circus, one of the best and biggest of its day)and much of the running time is taken up with showing the acts. As most UK circus acts are now animal free it's an interesting history lesson to see how these acts were actually presented. It's quite a breathtaking sight to watch a huge elephant step over half a dozen women prostrate on the floor and rather sad to see the lion tamer putting half a dozen snarling, growling beasts through their paces. Just look at Joans expression as she helps lead out the performing poodles though, she's loving every minute of it! We know that she had pet poodles of her own and she is really in her element here. The plot (what there is of it) doesn't bear too much scrutiny and the revelation of the killer and the motive are quite ridiculous. Also on the minus side of things are some poor performances - George Claydon in particular and a cringe-making musical comedy number which appears out of nowhere. There is also a hugely embarrassing scene with Crawford looking like an ancient ghost, wearing shoulder length hair and a neck high negligee, being romanced in her trailer by hunky Ty Hardin - she was 62 and he 37! On the plus side there are some great character actors appearing including the fabulous Diana Dors, Michael Gough, Ambrosine Phillpotts and Robert Hardy but only Diana Dors gives Crawford a run for her money. Overall this is still a fun film for Crawford fans but if you're going to watch it don't watch the trailer first as it shows every killing and even the death of the (supposed) murderer!
    5dinky-4

    Murders under the Big Top

    The makings for a good thriller are here: a series of bizarre murders plagues a traveling circus as it journeys across England. Unfortunately, the film's pacing is slow and unimaginative. Scenes tend to run long and they've not been shaped to create any real suspense or urgency. Occasionally the film simply stops for footage of circus acts which, though mildly interesting, do little to advance the plot. Even the revelation of the killer's identity proves disappointing since this revelation doesn't seem to grow out of past events but has simply been "tacked on."

    Despite these faults, there's a curiously likable quality to "Berserk," and Joan Crawford's damn-the-torpedoes performance as the circus owner lends it a certain "campy" charm. Especially amusing are her romantic scenes with Ty Hardin who was about 26 years her junior at the time of the filming.

    Ty may have been a bit past his "beefcake" prime which he reached in his "Chapman Report" appearance some five years earlier, but he still looks good here with his shirt off, even though there's a curious reluctance to show his navel.

    Rounding out the cast are Michael Gough, Diana Dors, and Judy Geeson. Robert Hardy plays the policeman sent to investigate the murders but his part proves to be superfluous.
    5tamstrat

    Joan's gone Berserk!!!!

    This is a strange movie on a lot of different levels. The basic premise is Monica Rivers owns a traveling circus, and in the first few moments of the flick her high wire star is murdered (inexplicably by the tightwire snapping and then hanging him-unbelievable). This gruesome death increases business so Monica is needless to say not to upset her star has gone to the big tent in the sky. There are several other wildly amusing murders and no one in the circus is safe. Is Monica the murderer or is she just an innocent victim, next on the list? The one and only Joan Crawford wildly overacts as the circus owner Monica Rivers. She chews up the scenery as she torments the poor, frightened circus performers. She looks pretty great in her Ringmaster's Costume, even at 63 she had fantastic legs, but it is stomach churning to see her love scenes with the hunky Ty Hardin who was young enough to be her son for God's sake!!!! The idea that any man would pick the aging Monica over the young and beautiful Matilda (sluttily played to perfection by Diana Dors)is just too hard to fathom. Joan was just too old to pull this off, yet somehow we are to believe that she has so much allure she can get any man she wants.

    The circus scenes go on WAAAAAAAAAAY too long, endless scenes of leaping poodles and llamas running, etc. They should have spent the time used on these pointless scenes developing the storyline more. There could have been a great movie here, but it never quite comes together. Poor Joan had been reduced in her later years to playing the "Grand Guignol" and she does a fair job of it, but the material is just too weak. The color of the film is vibrant, and there are some creepy moments of Monica being stalked as she walks through the circus late at night, but the ending is just too sudden and too abrupt. It left me wanting to know more of why the killer did what they did. There are some great campy scenes as well, 2 women catfighting, Joan making out with the young lover, etc., but overall I would say this movie is for die hard Joan Crawford fans only.
    6AlsExGal

    Enjoyable British, circus-set horror/thriller.

    A high-wire act is going on as the film opens. The wire snaps, and Gaspar The Great is victim #1. Ringmaster Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford) sends out clowns to distract the audience as the body is carried off. Later that night, Rivers is going over box-office receipts, which upsets her manager Dorando (Michael Gough). He accuses her of not having a heart. The rest of the film is a whodunit, spiced with occasional killings, red herrings, and animal acts (the French poodle act was my favorite).

    The Billy Smart Circus of Britain did the animal acts and the most difficult stunts. They also participated in an earlier British horror film, "Circus of Horrors" (1960).

    Joan Crawford has a marvelous time chewing the scenery and outacting her costars. Diana Dors is fine as Matilda, the woman whose partner "does nothing in bed but snore". Hardin is the hunk who replaces Gaspar on the wire and in Monica's bed. Geeson is the girl who gets herself expelled from a private school and goes to work as the target in the knife throwing act.

    The film does slow down after a fast moving first half hour. The finale is too abrupt, unconvincing, and badly staged. Despite these faults, film is still worth a watch.

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    • Quiz
      Joan Crawford was early on the set every day and made breakfast for some of the crew members.
    • Blooper
      Despite each show taking place in a different location, some of the same audience members are shown more than once.
    • Citazioni

      Frank Hawkins: [when Matilda shows up in his caravan with a bottle and glasses] I don't drink.

      Matilda: [pouring herself one] Then watch me.

    • Connessioni
      Featured in Horrible Honeys (1988)
    • Colonne sonore
      It Might Be Me
      (uncredited)

      Written by John Scott

      Arranged by John Scott

      Performed by George Claydon, Golda Casimir, Ted Lune, Milton Reid

      [Performed at the London party]

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    • When Joan Crawford introduces Lazlo the magician, she called him something like a "Nopalay." The subtitles showed it as "nonpalais." Can't find any of these words online. Does anyone know what she said, since the subtitle people missed it too apparently. Obviously, it's a word that means something like a magician or illusionist
    • There seems to be a relevant FILM LOCATION missing for BERSERK ? As one of 2 uncredited asst. directors I recall BLACKHEATH which was the location of the BIG TOP setting !

    Dettagli

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    • Data di uscita
      • 11 gennaio 1968 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Berserk
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Surrey, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(Studio)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Herman Cohen Productions
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