The Night of the Devils (1972)

★ 6.3 1h 29m IMDb
Horror
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In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror.

The Night of the Devils

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Gianni Garko
Gianni Garko as Nicola Age 90 · Zara, Dalmatia, Italy [now Zadar, Croatia] Born in Zadar, Dalmatia (then Italy, now part of Croatia), he moved to Trieste in 1948 to attend the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro di Trieste, and then to Rome to enter the Accademia nazionale d...
Agostina Belli
Agostina Belli as Sdenka Age 79 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy Agostina Belli is an Italian film actress..
Roberto Maldera
Roberto Maldera as Jovan (as Mark Roberts)
Cinzia De Carolis
Cinzia De Carolis as Irina Age 65 · Rome, Lazio, Italy Cinzia De Carolis is a frequent voice artist..
Teresa Gimpera
Teresa Gimpera as Elena Died 2024 · Igualada, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bill Vanders
Bill Vanders as Gorca Ciuvelak Died 2007 · Hamburg, Germany
Director Giorgio Ferroni
Cast Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Cinzia De Carolis, Teresa Gimpera, Bill Vanders, Umberto Raho, Maria Monti, Rosita Torosh, John Bartha

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Dr_Nostromo 6/10 Apr 10, 2026
65/100

In this Gothic tragedy, a man encounters a family in the forest after his car breaks down and discovers the curse of the Wurdulaks. This was a seriously dark character study of isolation with a stranger disrupting the affairs of a family frantically trying to end a curse which has destroyed the area. After the weird violent and erotic opening scenes, it becomes an extremely slow story taking its time to get to the final act but the characters were well developed, effectively acted and the story kept me locked in with a climax that hits real hard. Not bad. -- DrNostromo.com

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