Macabro
Cast & Crew
Romolo Marcellini
Otello Colangeli
Giancarlo Del Re
Angelo Filippini
Rino Filippini
Guido Giambartolomei
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An exposition of curiosities of human behavior, chiefly in Italy, Scandinavia, Japan, India, Africa, and Brazil. Included are scenes depicting tribal circumcision rites; male geishas; snake eating; the mauling of children by Gypsies to make them better acrobats; the wrestling rites of Brazilian headhunters; African sorcery; "railway roulette" in Scandinavia; the quest for eternal youth; the use of burning bamboo to prevent infection of human wounds; the initiation of a Buddhist novitiate; poverty in India; gauchos in a game in which a live duck is the ball; and children hung on festival parade floats in Italy.
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Copyright length: 88 min. Released in Italy in 1965 as Tabù n. 2; running time: 85 min. U. S. prerelease title: It's a Sick, Sick World; also known as Mondo Macabro.
