Ombre e nebbia

Titolo originale: Shadows and Fog
Regia: Woody Allen |
Anno: 1991
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Mistero Crime
Tag: brothel | vigilante | serial killer | strangler | traveling circus | whorehouse | magician |
Cast: Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | John Malkovich | John Cusack | Madonna | Kathy Bates | Jodie Foster | Lily Tomlin | Anne Lange | Kenneth Mars | Donald Pleasence | Julie Kavner | Fred Gwynne | Kate Nelligan | Philip Bosco | Robert Joy | Wallace Shawn | Kurtwood Smith | Josef Sommer | David Ogden Stiers | Michael Kirby | William H. Macy | Charles Cragin | Eszter Balint | Richard Riehle | Max Robinson | Fred Melamed | James Rebhorn | Victor Argo | Daniel von Bargen | Camille Saviola | Tim Loomis | Katy Dierlam | Dennis Vestunis | Andy Berman | Paul Anthony Stewart | Thomas L. Bolster | Greg Stebner | John C. Reilly | Brian Smiar | Peter Appel | Remak Ramsay | Michael P. Troy | Ron Turek | Ira Wheeler | Peter McRobbie | Rebecca Gibson | Robert Silver | Tom Riis Farrell | Ron Weyand |

In una nebbiosa ed imprecisata città del centro-Europa uno strangolatore folle è in circolazione e nel cuore della notte un gruppo di cittadini isterici butta giù dal letto il povero e insignificante impiegato Kleinman perché si unisca a loro per dargli la caccia. Lui non ha alcuna idea di ciò che deve fare, né sembrano saperlo gli altri, ma spera soltanto di non trovarsi mai faccia a faccia con l'assassino. Ben presto i sospetti ricadono proprio su di lui, e così la sua notte diventa una fantastica successione di episodi surreali dove si trova a doversi difendere dall'isterìa della gente della città.

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According to website Every Woody Allen Movie, "Woody Allen screened the film with Orion Pictures pre [...] D
Jodie Foster, who plays a prostitute, also played a prostitute in Taxi Driver (1976). Both films als [...] D
The film is an homage and tribute to German Expressionist cinema, particularly the works of German f [...] D
The film is a homage and tribute to German Expressionist cinema, particularly the works of German fi [...] D
The entire picture is set during night-time. D
As this Woody Allen film was going to be more expensive than one of his usual movies with the large [...] D
The twenty-second feature film directed by Woody Allen. D
One of a number of films starring both John Cusack and John Malkovich. They also appeared in Con Air [...] D
Co-stars Kathy Bates and John Cusack share the same birthday: June 28th. D
The amount of money that wealthy student Jack (John Cusack) paid Irmy (Mia Farrow) for personal serv [...] D
Madonna: As the tightrope artist Marie. D
Fred Gwynne: As one of Hacker's Followers. D
Donald Pleasence said in an interview that nobody in the film read the script and he never received [...] D
According to the TCMDb, the film was "originally scheduled for release in United Kingdom October 23, [...] D
When Kleinman gives the money earned by Irmy to the priests there is an old Hungarian 20 forint bank [...] D
Allen personally called Bavarian actress Marianne Sägebrecht to persuade her to play a substantia [...] D
William H. Macy: As a Cop with Spiro, billed as W.H. Macy. D
The movie features two Academy Award Best Actress Oscar winners, Kathy Bates for Misery non deve mor [...] D
Although billed on the poster, Fred Gwynne only gets one line. Similarly, Kate Nelligan - whose name [...] D
At US $19 million, this was Woody Allen's most expensive film up to that time. D
One of two 1991 films starring Woody Allen. The other film was Storie di amori e infedeltà (1991) [...] D
Peter Dinklage appears in a small uncredited role. D
Due to the movie's delayed released in some territories, this film and Allen's next picture, Mariti [...] D
Madeline Kahn was cast as a circus performer in this film, but her role ended up on the cutting room [...] D
Ingmar Bergman films that inspired this picture included Il volto (1958), Una vampata d'amore (1953) [...] D
John C. Reilly: As a Cop at the Police Station. D
According to many film reviews, the killer character in Ombre e nebbia (1991) was actually a represe [...] D
Woody Allen's first full black-and-white film for seven years, Allen's last complete b&w movie havin [...] D
This would be Woody Allen's last black-and-white film until Celebrity (1998) seven years later. D
The nickname for the serial killer was "The Strangler". D
The film is based on Woody Allen one-act play "Death" which is included in Allen's anthology collect [...] D
The stateside release of this picture was delayed due to the financial crisis of production house Or [...] D
The film's soundtrack features a number of Kurt Weill - Bertolt Brecht songs typical of those featur [...] D
The film was selected to screen out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 1992. D
This movie was such a commercial failure in North America that BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO chose not to carry [...] D
This is one of five films that Wallace Shawn and Woody Allen made together.. The other four are Manh [...] D
The production budget for the film has been estimated at being US $14 million but the film only took [...] D
The film was distributed in Europe before its American release in the USA. D
This was the first cinema movie based on a Woody Allen play ["Death"] since Provaci ancora, Sam (197 [...] D
The twelfth of thirteen cinema movie collaborations of actress Mia Farrow and actor-writer-director [...] D
Based on a one-act comedy play called "Death", published in Woody Allen's "Without Feathers" (1972), [...] D
Filmed on a 26,000-square-foot set at Kaufman-Astoria studios, it holds the distinction of being the [...] D
Around the time the movie was made and released, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow were in a personal relat [...] D
A number of the cast were known-well for various horror or thriller genre-related movies. Ombre e ne [...] D
The movie features a magic show sequence. Woody Allen got his start in show-business performing magi [...] D
After filming Amore e guerra (1975), the shoot was so difficult filming in Paris and Hungary, Woody [...] D
The character of Kleinman played by Woody Allen is derived from the character of Josef K. / Joseph K [...] D
The film was loosely based on a Woody Allen play called "Death". The earlier Woody Allen movie Amore [...] D
After Amore e guerra (1975), Woody Allen would again utilize the three word title with an "and" midd [...] D
One of a handful Woody Allen directed films which feature a murder. The movies include: Match Point [...] D
The large-scale sets were quite expensive, so most of the set was used again and again, since they c [...] D
Kate Nelligan: As Eve. D
The film was shot during November and December 1990 and January and February 1991. D
The film was included on film critic Gene Siskel's "Worst Films of the Year" list for 1992. D
This was the final Woody Allen - Mia Farrow film that the pair made together and released prior to t [...] D
The name of the central European town is never disclosed. D
This was Woody Allen's final film for the now-defunct Orion Pictures, most of whose founders had bee [...] D
The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Jodie Foster, Woody Allen and Kathy Bates; and five Osca [...] D
The Orion Pictures logo at the start of the film is displayed in black-and-white. D
The movie features a large number of guest star cameo appearances. D
The picture opened in a number of European territories during February and March 1992, anything up t [...] D