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Actors: Edwige Fenech, William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Five Dolls for an August Moon |
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5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON was directed in 1970 by italian director Mario Bava.
A group of businessmen are trapped on a desert island with no means to escape. As in Agatha Christies's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, characters are murdered one by one by an unknown killer.
This movie, unique in Bava's discography, will surprise the average giallo fan because the murders are committed off-screen. A curiosity.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Five Dolls for an August Moon |
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 90%
Murders of set profession?
- businessmen
Misc. Plotlets
- victim dies just after sex
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Horror film?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Island?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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