#Julian Berry Storff

[darlingbandit]

Watching Libido because it’s early Giallo and the film debut of Giancarlo Giannini (who’s listed as “John Carl John” in the opening credits of the cut I’m watching.)

(Look at his big eyes, two times too big for his little baby face.)

(I apologize for infantilizing you, Giancarlo Giannini.)

(But you were objectively adorable.)

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1965

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)

[moviesandmania]

LIBIDO (1965) Reviews and overview of Giallo murder mystery thriller

LIBIDO (1965) Reviews and overview of Giallo murder mystery thriller

Libido is a 1965 Italian murder mystery Giallo thriller film in which a young man revisits the house where his father committed murder. Written and directed by Julian Berry Storff [Ernesto Gastaldi (Almost Human; Torso; All the Colours of the Dark; The Sweet Body of Deborah; The Horrible Dr Hichcock, plus many more) and Vittorio Salerno (Notturno con grida; Savage Three; No, the Case Is Happily…

[giallofever2]

1965

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)

[giallofever2]

1965

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)

[giallofever2]

1965

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)

[giallofever2]

1965

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)

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1965 (Original On Set pics)

Libido

Also Known As (AKA)

(original title) Libido

Greece (transliterated) O pyrgos tis diafthoras

Release Dates

Italy 12 August 1965

France 24 August 1966

Directed by

Ernesto Gastaldi... (as Julian Berry)

Vittorio Salerno ... (as Victor Storff)

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Writing Credits

Ernesto Gastaldi

Mara Maryl ... (story)

Vittorio Salerno

technical specifications

Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Production Management

Sergio Martino... production manager (as Serge Martin)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ernesto Gastaldi ... assistant director (as Ernst Gasthaus)

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini... Christian (as John Charlie Johns)

Dominique Boschero... Helene

Mara Maryl ... Brigitte

Luciano Pigozzi... Paul (as Alan Collins)