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A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.A photographer finds herself falling under the spell of a witch.
Mario Mattia Giorgetti
- Carlo, Hippie in the Demonstration
- (as Mario M. Giorgetti)
Franco Battiato
- The Man in white in the cemetery
- (uncredited)
Guido Crepax
- Guido, White Car Driver
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaCorrado Farina: The director actually takes three uncredited bit parts: as the policeman who arrives by car at the demonstration in the graveyard, as the Nazi officer with the white cat and as the WWI Prussian officer in charge of the firing squad.
- GoofsIn the fight scene between Valentina and the Hippie, in the original English version, Baba Yaga is seen kneeling before Valentina, then after a few seconds quick shots of looks back and forth exchanged between the two boxers, in the immediately following shot Baba Yaga is seen standing behind her. This is due to a missing sequence of Baba massaging her legs, as a trainer would to a fighter, removed before release, restored in the director's cut.
- Quotes
Valentina Rosselli: With Brand X undergarments, no more hypocrisy, no more false modesty, and no more racial prejudice. Take off your shirt, Iwojobi. You can leave your pants on. And I want you to forget you have an education and live in the civilized world... . And now, let me see some nice primitive drive, OK? You know, like your ancestors, the ones in the jungle that ate up the missionaries?
- Alternate versionsThe film was cut for its UK cinema release to heavily edit two scenes of full frontal nudity. The 2009 Shameless DVD is fully uncut and features a print re-edited by the director which also previously deleted footage including a pre-credits graveyard scene.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Golem (1920)
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Does a Movie Need A Cohesive Plot To Be Good?
If you answered "Yes" you should not bother seeing this movie. However, if you can view a haunted house dark ride style movie as a satisfying cinematic viewing experience, then strap yourself in and enjoy the view as creepy weird unexplained visions flash in front of you. Pouty-lipped Valentina is smack-dab in the middle of the art house European revolution crowd of the time - photographing nude woman by day and walking the lonely city streets at night alone, which is how she meets up with "Baba Yaga" a mysterious woman who dresses in black (played by the always lovely Carroll Baker). She instantly weaves a spell over Valentina haunting her thoughts, her dreams and her camera. She also does a pretty decent job of weaving her magic spell over the viewer. "Baba Yaga" takes Gothic Horror, stylish pop art, comic books and bondage sex, whirls them in a blender and spews the concoction forth. Although very often defined as a "Giallo" film this certainly belongs more to the "Art Horror" genre. Those who are fans of the trippy stylish body-baring Giallo/Horror output from Italy circa 1970 should put "Baba Yaga" on their "must-watch" list.
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- Baba Yaga, Devil Witch
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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