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An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
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Bradford Dillman
- Bill Delancey
- (as Brad Dillman)
Curd Jürgens
- Duncan Ely
- (as Curt Jurgens)
Berry Kroeger
- Raymont
- (as Barry Kroeger)
Terrence Scammell
- Richard
- (as Terence Scammell)
Leon Alton
- Pallbearer
- (uncredited)
Antoinette Bower
- Member of Ely's Group
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaHas the singular distinction of being the only theatrical film produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the entire calendar year of 1970, this due to financial reversals incurred by the studio when several of its recent films failed at the box office.
- GoofsAt various points during the film, the demonic potion bottle varies between a clear glass bottle partially filled with blue liquid and a blue glass bottle in which the liquid cannot be seen.
- Quotes
Duncan Ely: People should be born at the age of 70 and live their life backwards.
- Alternate versionsAn alternate cut of The Mephisto Waltz ran on the Flix network in the early-mid 2000s. This version includes two memorable differences: a much longer floor shot close up of the Doberman's head wearing the Halloween mask, and a shot of Satan's hooves when he visits Paula Clarkson (Jacqueline Bisset) during her Satanic ritual.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
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a good gentle horror, no need for gore
A good plot similar to HP Lovecraft's "The thing on the doorstep" without the "innsmouth look" of Asenath but with the body swapping of devil worshippers attempting an eternal leapfrog through history using others bodies . Violence is kept to a minimum the required evil for this horror is amply supplied by absentee devil who's decadent servants plot and dissemble to increase their own worth , chilling dreams of the blue wax applying witches are the best moments. Alan Alda's performance was believably naive and overshadowed by a masterful and compelling kurt jurgens dry self absorbed and above the pettiness of his guests . Miss Blisset charming, beautiful ."The Ninth gate" , "The night of the demon" may be better films but would happily keep company on the same shelf.
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- Oct 2, 2006
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- Also known as
- Satan's Transplant
- Filming locations
- Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Paula Clarkson walking over bridge in Century City)
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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