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The Wax Mask is a french film of genre Thriller with Robert Hossein

The Wax Mask (1997)

M.D.C. - Maschera di cera

The Wax Mask
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Length 1h39
OriginFrance
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating58% 2.900232.900232.900232.900232.90023

Wax Mask (Italian: M.D.C. - Maschera di cera, also known as Gaston Leroux's Wax Mask) is a 1997 Italian horror film. Previously appointed to be directed by Lucio Fulci, it marked the directorial debut of the special effect artist Sergio Stivaletti.
^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.

^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

Synopsis

Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures.

Actors

Robert Hossein

(Boris Volkoff)
Romina Mondello

(Sonia Lafont)
Gabriella Giorgelli

(Francesca)
Massimo Vanni

(Victor)
Elisabetta Rocchetti

(Madame's Girl)
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