CINE CITY

MANO CHE NUTRE LA MORTE, LA
(The Hand That Feeds Death.)
Deep within the walls of a gothic villa, Professor Marshal continues his skin graft experiments on the bodies of beautiful young women. Each experiment ends the same way; in death. But he must continue. He must seek a cure for his beloved wife. Ten year have passed since the fire killed her father and burned her so badly that she must hide her horrible disfigured face. As more beautiful women are needed the brute servant is sent out to abduct them. As fate would have it a carriage transporting a newlywed couple overturns in front of the villa. The driver is killed but the husband and wife are just shaken. Professor Marshal helps the two and is stunned by the beauty of the young bride. She has a perfect face, just the face he needs…
Klaus Kinski’s name on a theater marquee guaranteed a profit in the early 70’s. Low budget film producers knew this but were forced to pay him a large salary for his appearance. Some producers used him in a small part to exploit his name while others were more creative. In 1973 Kinski traveled to Turkey to shoot one film for Italian director Sergio Garrone. Unbeknownst to Mr. Kinski, two films were being shot at the same time with essentially the same cast at the same gothic villa. AMANTI DEL MOSTRO a more artistic and sympathetic film told a Jekyll and Hyde story while this film; MANO CHE NUTRE LA MORTE is a more graphic and sensational film retelling a story first seen in the French film Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face - 1959) The two horror films were released a year apart then disappeared. Kinski in his memoirs barley mentions the film(s) recalling only sex with a fat women in a dirty whorehouse. Also starring the beautiful Katia Christine, Carmen Silva and Erol Tas. (1973 - Italy/Turkey) Widescreen. In Italian with English subtitles.