Anemia (film)
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- Alberto Abruzzese
- Achille Pisanti
- Alberto Abruzzese
- Achille Pisanti[1]
by Alberto Abruzzese
- Hanns Zischler
- Gioia Scola
- Gérard Landry
- Linda Sini
- Julian Jenkins
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| Based on | Anemia. Storia di un vampiro communista by Alberto Abruzzese |
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| Cinematography | Angelo Sciarra[1] |
| Edited by | Mirella Mencio[1] |
| Music by | Lorenzo Ferrero[1] |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Anemia is a 1986 Italian film directed and written by Alberto Abruzzese and Achille Pisanti based on Abruzzese's novelette Anemia. Storia di un vampiro communista. The film was shown at the Venice Film Festival in 1986.
Prior to any development on the film, Alberto Abruzzese taught at the University of Naples and published several books since 1972 was referred to by historian and critic Roberto Curti as one of Italy's "most highly reputed sociologists and semiologists".[1] Abruzzese's novel titled Anemia. Storia di un vampiro communista was published in Italy in December 1984.[1] The novelette's publisher, Theoria, was attempting to publish novels in the Fantastique genre, and had several writers including Abuzzese contribute stories.[1] Abruzzese began working on a film adaptation of the novel in late December 1985.[1][2] The film was directed by Abruzzese and Achille Pisanti who also helped Abruzzese adapt material to a screenplay.[2]
Anemia was shot in Rome and off the Amalfi Coast.[1] The film included references to Gothic fiction including Nosferatu and The Castle of Otranto.[2] Abruzzese considered the film a "hypersensible journey among the literary and cinematic genres a game of displacements".[3]