A Bullet Through the Heart
| A Bullet Through the Heart (Une balle au cœur) | |
|---|---|
 French theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jean-Daniel Pollet |
| Produced by | Roger Rosen |
| Screenplay by | Pierre Kast |
| Story by | Jean-Daniel Pollet |
| Starring |
Sami Frey Françoise Hardy |
| Music by | Mikis Theodorakis |
| Edited by | Lambessis Films |
Release dates | February 23, 1966 |
| Country |
France Greece |
| Language | French |
A Bullet Through the Heart (french: Une balle au cœur, Greek: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά) is a 1966 Franco-Greek film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet.
Plot
Keeping an old resentment against Montelepre – a Sicilian aristocratic family –, an influential gangster named Rizzardi (Vasilis Diamantopoulos), takes possession of the palace of last representative of the family, Francesco Montelepre (Sami Frey), who he plans to kill. Stripped of its property, Francesco flew to Athens to find a witness for Rizzardi’s crimes so that justice is done. Despite the help of Carla (Jenny Karezi), a nightclub singer, his research are vain. And now Rizzardi's henchmen, led by Navarra (Spýros Fokás) are in pursuit again. Fleeing from village to village, Montelepre managed to kill them one by one. Meanwhile, he finds love with Anna (Françoise Hardy), a French tourist, with whom he decides to take refuge on an island. Still Navarra found and pursues them. Francesco kill him, but in the exchange of gunfire, Anna was fatally wounded by a bullet. Francesco returned to Sicily to take revenge by killing Rizzardi ...
Technical sheet
- French title: Une balle au cœur
- Greek title: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά (Mia sfaira stin kardia)
- Spanish title: Una bala en el corazon
- UK title: A Bullet Through the Heart
- US title: Devil at My Heels
- Screenwriters: Maurice Fabre, Didier Goulard
- Photographer: Alain Levent
- Sound: Nikos Ahladis
- Music: Mikis Theodorakis
- Production designer: Marilena Aravantinou
- Film editing: Denise de Casabianca
- Producer: Roger Rosen
- Production: CMS - Lambessis Films
- Principal photography: May 24 - July 18, 1965
- Countries: Greece (Athens, Skiros, Peloponnese), Italy (Sicily).
Cast
- Sami Frey as Francesco Montelepre
- Françoise Hardy as Anna
- Jenny Karezi as Carla
- Spýros Fokás as Navarra
- Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Rizzardi
- Lucien Bodard as Marcopoulos
Soundtrack
- EP, Une balle au cœur, Barclay Records (70 960 M), France, 1966.
- A 1: "Générique" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 3:00
- A 2: "La Balle au cœur" (Mikis Theodorakis) - 1:32
- B 1: "Kaimos" (Christodoulou / Mikis Theodorakis / sings by Jenny Karezi) - 2:30
- B 2: "Naha dio kheria dio pathia" (Livaditis / Mikis Theodorakis / sings by Jenny Karézi) - 2:58