| Night Train to Venice | |
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| Directed by | Carlo U. Quinterio |
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| Produced by | Toni Hirtreiter |
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| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Wiktor Grodecki |
| Music by | Wolfgang Hammerschmid |
| Distributed by | International Video Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | English |
Night Train to Venice is a 1993 German contemporary gothic-horror film directed by Carlo U. Quinterio. This international production was a cooperation of British, Italian, and German artists, including Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell, Tahnee Welch, Evelyn Opela, Kristina Söderbaum and Rachel Rice (Big Brother 9 winner). It was filmed in 1993 and released worldwide in 1995.
The film has been criticized for the non-linear plot it follows and the obvious references to the Gothic genre. In a radio interview in 2002, Hugh Grant deemed the film the worst he has ever been in.[2]
The thriller presents a labyrinthine combination of sexual transgression, darkness and intrigue, bearing a strong similarity to other Gothic texts, including Dracula. The story itself features obscure icons, such as the constant appearance of a woman and child dressed in white, ferocious Rottweilers with a taste for human flesh, Venetians in strange masks and recurring figures of the Commedia dell'arte; all of these elements wrapped in a dream-like atmosphere.[3]
