The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
- Directed by
- Paul Wendkos
- Genre
- horror film, satanic film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 73 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A dying Satanist wants to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist. The pianist and his family become entangled in this dark plan.
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What happens
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, and Curt Jürgens. Its plot follows a dying Satanist who attempts to have his soul transferred into the body of a young concert pianist. The name of the film is taken from the piano work of the same title by Franz Liszt. The performance of this work heard in the film is by Jakob Gimpel, although the piece did not appear on the soundtrack album (in this, or any other, performance) when it was released in 1997. Ben Maddow adapted his screenplay from the novel of the same title by Fred Mustard Stewart. The film was the only big-screen work of veteran television producer Quinn Martin. The film is based on The Mephisto Waltz (1969) by Fred Mustard Stewart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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