Rent Death Laid an Egg (1967)
3.3 of 5 from 62 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
From Giulio Questi, comes one of the most startling and shocking Italian thrillers you will ever see. It craftily subverts conventions and transcends its genre roots with a tale of genetically modified meat, greed and murder at a rural poultry farm! Anna (Gina Lollobrigida) and Marco (Jean-Louis Trintignant) run an automated state-of-the-art facility and develop a strain of boneless, mutant chickens. Marco appears to lead a double life as a serial killer who specialises in stabbing prostitutes to death. When Anna's amorous and alluring cousin Gabri (Ewa Aulin) starts a steamy affair with Marco and discovers his darker side, she plans to murder Anna and frame Marco for the crime... Compellingly crafted, brilliant and bizarre, this is a one-of-a-kind murder mystery. It boasts a thematic depth and richness - including a savage and subversive attack on the established order - that elevates it above and beyond Italian genre cinema of the era. - Actors:
- Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski, Renato Romano, Vittorio André, Giulio Donnini, Biagio Pelligra, Cleofe Del Cile, Monica Millesi, Ugo Adinolfi, Conrad Andersen, Aldo Bonamano, Rina De Filippo, Livio Ferraro, Mario Guizzardi, Margherita Horowitz, Barbara Pignaton, Giuliano Raffaelli, Jean Rougeul
- Directors:
- Giulio Questi
- Producers:
- Franco Marras
- Writers:
- Franco Arcalli, Giulio Questi
- Aka:
- La morte ha fatto l'uovo
- Genres:
- Classics, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/09/2018
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Fully restored Director's Cut includes 14 mins of extra footage (104 mins)
- Fully restored alternate "Giallo Edit" (91 mins)
- Featurette 1 - Discovering Questi (20 mins)
- Featurette 2 - Sonic Explorations (24 mins)
- Interview with Giulio Questi (13 mins)
- Audio commentary with Alan Jones and Kim Newman
- Alternate English and German credits
- Antonio Bruschini film review (5 mins)
- Original BBFC film cuts
- English and Italian trailers
- Extensive image gallery
- Worldwide video art
- European Trash Cinema: "Death Laid an Egg" special issue
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Reviews (1) of Death Laid an Egg
Quirky giallo. - Death Laid an Egg review by NP
Very odd to see genre beauties Ewa Aulin and Gina Lollobrigida brandishing dead chickens, but this giallo goes out of its way to perplex and stupefy us, thanks to director and co-writer Giulio Questi’s vision. The music, usually sweeping and inviting in these kind of films, is a series of tuneless flourishes here, as if Bruno Maderna had been instructed to provide anything as long as it wasn’t melodic.
I found ‘Death Laid an Egg’ too 60s-kitsch-quirky to become completely involved in, although Ms Aulin is ridiculously cute throughout. The story is a thin one, and engages mainly because of the performances. My score is 6 out of 10.
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