Redhead (1962)

Original title

Die Rote

Directed by

Helmut Käutner

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman with red hair becomes entangled in a dangerous relationship with a man in Italy. Their affair leads to a series of tense encounters across Milan and Venice.

tensemelancholicslow-burnatmosphericbroodingelegiacvisually lush

What happens

Redhead (German: Die Rote, Italian: La rossa) is a 1962 West German-Italian thriller film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Rossano Brazzi and Giorgio Albertazzi. It was shot at the Tirrenia Studios in Tuscany and on location in Milan and Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Saverio D'Eugenio and Robert Stratil. The film was adapted from the novel of the same title by Alfred Andersch. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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