Suspiria

Name: Suspiria
Genre: Horror
Released: 1977-02-01
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi

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Suspiria (1977)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Budget

Box office

$3 661

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Director

Dario Argento

Actors

Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi, Susanna Javicoli, Eva Axén, Rudolf Schündler, Udo Kier, Alida Valli
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Scenario

Producer

Claudio Argento, Salvatore Argento

Camera operator

Luciano Tovoli

Composer

Dario Argento

Artist

Giuseppe Bassan, Maurizio Garrone, Davide Bassan

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Editing

Franco Fraticelli
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Short description

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

What's left behind the scenes

Initially, the role of Sarah (Suzy Bannion's friend) was intended for Daria Nicolodi, but due to Daria's injury during filming, this plan was not realized.
Dario Argento's original concept was for the ballet school students to be girls no older than 12 years old. That’s how they were depicted in the original screenplay. However, the studio and executive producer Salvatore Argento (the director’s father) refused to implement this idea, rightly believing that a film based on the demonstration of brutal murders of children would, of course, be banned. Then Dario Argento raised the age of the heroines to 20 years old, which allowed the film to begin production.
The name of the old woman who played Helena Marcos is not listed in the credits. Jessica Harper claimed that she was a 90-year-old former prostitute whom Dario Argento found on the streets of Rome and invited to his film. Daria Nicolodi provided the voice for this role.
In the opening episode of the film, the face of Dario Argento can be seen reflected in the glass partition of a taxi. The director himself later claimed that this was intentional, but it is possible that it was simply an excuse to justify a filming mistake.
During the filming of scenes with worms, rice was used in wide shots, however, real worms are shown in close-ups.
The role of Suzy Bannion was initially offered to actress Tina Omon, known for her role as Henrietta in Federico Fellini’s 'Fellini's Casanova' (1976). However, due to being heavily booked, she was unable to accept the offer.
For this film, Dario Argento wrote and recorded, together with the rock band 'Goblin', eerie and heartbreaking music, which he played at full volume on set during filming in order to elicit genuine fear and push the actors to their emotional limits.
The whispering heard in the film's soundtrack against the bizarre music of 'Goblin' is the voice of the composer and keyboardist.
The film has a moment where a glass feather breaks off from the ornament. This is a reference to Dario Argento’s directorial film debut – the spaghetti horror film “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” (1970).