Released 3 March in the Mediabook – limited to 500 copies
Behind the bourgeois façade, horror slumbers: a hanged fifteen-year-old girl is found in an attic. Everything points to a suicide. But the investigations by inspectors Valentini and Silvestri and public prosecutor Vittoria Stori bring a shocking truth to light. The trail leads to the child molester milieu, and suddenly the dedicated detectives themselves are in danger of becoming victims of an unscrupulous killer who roams the streets on a motorcycle and armed with a cleaver...
DEATH IN BLACK LEATHER is one of the most important films by the renowned director Massimo Dallamano, who directed numerous Italian genre classics. In his milieu study, Dallamano creates a dark social image full of perversion and shocking insights. The combination of social criticism and the genre's typical trappings make DEATH WEARS BLACK LEATHER one of the most extraordinary contributions to European thriller cinema – a serious, important and highly topical film that must be counted among the great works of the Giallo.
Bonus material Blu-ray
(* with optional English subtitles)
- Audio commentary* with Dominik Graf and Marcus Stiglegger
- Unused hardcore scenes
- English, Italian and German trailer
- Photo gallery
- Booklet with texts by Kai Naumann and Andrea Napoli
Bonus material on the bonus DVD
(* with optional German and English subtitles)
- Featurette* ‘Eternal Melody’ with composer Stelvio Cipriani
- Featurette* ‘Dallamano's Touch’ with editor Antonio Siciliano
Technical data Blu-ray
- Running time: 91 minutes
- Language / sound: German, Italian, English (DTS-HD 2.0 Mono)
- Apect ratio: 2.35:1 (1080p HD, 23.98 fps)
- Subtitles: German, English
- Regional code: B
Original Title: LA POLIZIA CHIEDE AIUTO
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Italy, 1974
Director: Massimo Dallamano
Cast: Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf, Farley Granger, Salvatore Puntillo