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I have recently seen a beatiful film by Helmut Kautner, Auf Wiedersehn, Franziska! (1941), and in a small role I found Margot Hielscher, later leading actress in Cottafavi's Nel gorgo del peccato (1954). I think she is a pretty interesting actress, since in both cases she plays the role of a foreign woman seducing German/Italian men, and in fact her sex-appeal was rather peculiar, pretty unusual for her time, but in no way you can call her "femme fatale", cause of her lively and complex characterizations. I have sent her an appreciation letter (she is now 92), and she is a very kind lady too.

Due to logistic problems, the release has been delayed a few days... Still coming very soon, don't worry.

Now available.

Some screenshots from Nel gorgo del peccato (aka L'affranchi or Das Ewige Lied der Liebe). Perhaps not Cottafavi's finest melodrama, but look at background composition and you will understand why we talk about "secret art"...

Felliniesque dream sequence from Cottafavi's Ministry of Fear TV mini-serie (1966): http://youtu.be/ZcTfSl1p5Ws" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Any update on the Fiamma che non si spegne release from RHV?...

Unfortunately, the first three Cottafavi releases were very poor sellers, so I don't know when RHV will be able to release Fiamma... By the way, this is my favourite Cottafavi, and I have also shot a 20 minute interview with his assistant director, so I am really concerned about this DVD, but the Italian market situation isn't encouraging.