The Three Mothers Le Tre madri |
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Produced by | Claudio Argento |
Written by | Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch |
Starring |
Jessica Harper Alida Valli Joan Bennett Udo Kier Stefania Casini Irene Miracle Eleonora Giorgi Leigh McCloskey Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Daria Nicolodi Veronica Lazar Ania Pieroni Asia Argento Adam James Lella Savasa Moran Atias |
Music by | Goblin, Keith Emerson, Claudio Simonetti |
Release date
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1977 |
Country | Italy, United States |
Language | English |
Jessica Harper Alida Valli Joan Bennett Udo Kier Stefania Casini Irene Miracle Eleonora Giorgi Leigh McCloskey Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Daria Nicolodi Veronica Lazar Ania Pieroni Asia Argento Adam James Lella Savasa
The Three Mothers (Le Tre madri in Italian) is a trilogy of supernatural horror films by Italian film director Dario Argento. It consists of Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother of Tears. Each film deals with one of the titular "Mothers", a triumvirate of ancient and evil witches whose powerful magic allows them to manipulate world events on a global scale.
During the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Argento stated he had not ruled out the possibility of shooting a fourth film dealing with the Three Mothers. His daughter Asia "joked" that one day there might be a prequel.
The story of the Three Mothers begins at the dawn of the 11th century, when three sisters created the pernicious art of witchcraft on the coast of the Black Sea. In the years that followed, they wandered the world and amassed great personal wealth and power, leaving only death in their wake. Both Mater Suspiriorum and Tenebrarum have claimed that the Mothers are Death personified.