Il Sorriso della Iena

International Title 

Smile before Death 

Death before the Smile

I 1972

D: Silvio Amadio

C: Silvano Tranquilli, Luciana della Robbia aka Jenny Tamburi, Rosalba Neri, Hiram Keller

M: Roberto Pregadio

Story 

Marco (Silvano Tranquilli), a bankrupt nobleman, is unhappily married to the wealthy Dorothy Emerson (Zora Gheorgieva). Her best friend Gianna (Rosalba Neri) is his mistress. Marco murders his wife and becomes administrator of the estate until Nancy, Dorothy’s daughter (Jenny Tamburi) from a previous marriage, turns twenty. Giana tries to encourage Marco to kill Nancy, as Marco’s standard of living will plummet once she takes over the estate. But Marco ends up falling in love with Nancy, which complicates the proceedings…  

Configuration

• Worldwide 2K Blu-Ray Premiere!

• Interview Jenny Tamburi (Guerilla Tape, not to be seen as produced Featurette, Video Interview from 1995) – 48 min.

• Featurette Christian Keßler 9 min.

• Internationale Picture Gallery 
• International Title Sequence 
• Hardcover Mediabook with partial UV Spot 

• 28 pages Booklet with an Essay by Udo Rotenburg in German and english filled with international promo material and fotos.

• Double-sided Poster with 2 Italian motifs

• 4 Cover Variations, all Italian Poster, one with the English title, in a numbered &  limited edition of 300/300/300/300 pieces. 

Releasedate May 27th 2022

Technical Specifications:

Running time: 1:24:40

Format: 2.35:1, 1080p

Sound: DTS-HD 2.0

Audio: Italian, English

2 Featurettes

Christian Kessler

Audio: German

Subtitles: english

Jenny Tamburi

Audio: english

Picture Gallery 

English title sequence

Poster

Cover A – Il Sorriso della Iena – Italian Locandia – 300  – 

Cover B – Il Sorriso della Iena – Italian Manifesto A – 300 – 

Cover C – Il Sorriso della Iena – Italian Manifesto B – 300  – 

Cover D – Smile before Death – Italian Locandia with English title – 300  –

HARDBOX EDITION