Overview

A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.

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Cast

Joseph Cotten

Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

Elke Sommer

Eva Arnold

Massimo Girotti

Dr. Karl Hummel

Antonio Cantafora

Peter Kleist

Umberto Raho

Inspector

Luciano Pigozzi

Fritz

Nicoletta Elmi

Gretchen Hummel

Gustavo De Nardo

Dr. Werner Hesse

Valeria Sabel

Martha Hummel

Rada Rassimov

Christina Hoffmann