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Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.
Chris Adcock
- Villager
- (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
- Villager
- (uncredited)
Olwen Brookes
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis movie spent a long time on the shelf. Filming was completed in the early part of 1966, but its American release was not until late 1967, and its British one not until the spring of 1968. David Hemmings made this movie before his breakthrough role in Blow-Up (1966), and it is quite possible that the great (and unexpected) popularity of that movie was what finally pushed MGM into releasing this one. Many commented with surprise on the smallness of Hemmings' role - it is likely that his special billing, along with that of Sharon Tate, was an afterthought to disguise the fact that they had supporting parts. Although this movie was supposed to launch Tate, she had, because of its protracted shelf-life, already been seen in Don't Make Waves (1967), which she had made subsequently. That movie has a special "introducing" credit for her as a result.
- GoofsDavid Niven's character, Philippe, goes to a vineyard to inspect grapes, wearing a blazer with a button-down oxford underneath. After a cutaway scene to a different character, the view returns to Philippe in the vineyard. He is still wearing the same oxford but now he has a covering sweater-vest on instead of the blazer.
- Quotes
Catherine de Montfaucon: What are you seeking Philippe?
Philippe de Montfaucon: Am I seeking, or am I being sought?
- Crazy creditsThe Turner print has the main title as "Eye of the Devil" but the ending credit lists the title as "13".
- Alternate versionsThe "Turner" print uses "Eye of the Devil" as the main title; but, the end credit lists the title as "13". This print has a running time of 95 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Inside the Manson Gang (2007)
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Entertaining British Chiller, with an all star cast.
Eye of the Devil is a little - known horror from the mid - Sixties. David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasance, Flora Robson, Sharon Tate and so many more star in this, so it must be some good for them to sign up. Being in the UK, I caught this on TCM 2 last night. There was nothing else on, and I hadn't seen this before, so I turned off all the lights (as is customary) and settled down.
The movie is about a French Marquis, who owns a vineyard in France. When the vineyard's produce prove to be very little, and the produce that it has produced is dry and worthless, he has to return to France to set things right. He leaves his wife (Deborah Kerr) and his two children, tells them not to follow him, and leaves. However, curiosity gets the better of his wife, and she does indeed follow him, with their two children. However, what she discovers there is no less than horrifying...
Eye of the Devil oozes atmosphere, the performances are good, and the plot is strong enough to keep the audience's attention held. Sure, there are some plot holes and goofs, but if you can overlook these, and enjoy this for what it is, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
As an afterthought, this is probably one of the first films to ever portray pagan rituals on film. Although the world renowned - "Wicker Man" - is supposed to be the King of this genre, it probably took a lot of its ideas from this. It's a pre - Wicker Man. That's probably why its so little known. The film industry want to milk The Wicker Man and overlook this. The Wicker Man is indeed a good film, but not the first to deal with pagans.
Wherever you are in the world, if you receive the TCM channel, then you'll probably have a good chance of catching this on the TV. TCM now own the copyright to this film as far as my own knowledge goes, so, if you're a fan of this movie, then you know who to ask for a DVD release!
The movie is about a French Marquis, who owns a vineyard in France. When the vineyard's produce prove to be very little, and the produce that it has produced is dry and worthless, he has to return to France to set things right. He leaves his wife (Deborah Kerr) and his two children, tells them not to follow him, and leaves. However, curiosity gets the better of his wife, and she does indeed follow him, with their two children. However, what she discovers there is no less than horrifying...
Eye of the Devil oozes atmosphere, the performances are good, and the plot is strong enough to keep the audience's attention held. Sure, there are some plot holes and goofs, but if you can overlook these, and enjoy this for what it is, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
As an afterthought, this is probably one of the first films to ever portray pagan rituals on film. Although the world renowned - "Wicker Man" - is supposed to be the King of this genre, it probably took a lot of its ideas from this. It's a pre - Wicker Man. That's probably why its so little known. The film industry want to milk The Wicker Man and overlook this. The Wicker Man is indeed a good film, but not the first to deal with pagans.
Wherever you are in the world, if you receive the TCM channel, then you'll probably have a good chance of catching this on the TV. TCM now own the copyright to this film as far as my own knowledge goes, so, if you're a fan of this movie, then you know who to ask for a DVD release!
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- suemartin23264
- Jul 18, 2007
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Die schwarze 13
- Filming locations
- Château de Hautefort, Dordogne, France(castle-exteriors)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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