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The Whip and The Body (1963)

Directed by Mario Bava · Cinematography by Ubaldo Terzano

87 min59 frames

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What is The Whip and The Body about?

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

The Whip and the Body is a 1963 gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava under the alias "John M. Old". The film is about Kurt Menliff who is ostracized by his father for his relationship with a servant girl and her eventual suicide. He later returns to reclaim his title and his former fiancée Nevenka who is now his brother's wife. Menliff is later found murdered, but the locals believe his ghost has returned to haunt the castle for revenge.

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What does the cinematography of The Whip and The Body look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Whip and The Body leans on close-ups (42% of the sample) and medium shots (36%). Cinematographer Ubaldo Terzano keeps 78% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 97% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 75% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Whip and The Body?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Whip and The Body (1963) are #06090d, #0c122b, #2b2c2d, #4f4f4b, #263650, #132b32 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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