The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz
Directed byPaul Wendkos
Screenplay byBen Maddow
Based onThe Mephisto Waltz
by Fred Mustard Stewart
Produced byQuinn Martin
Starring
CinematographyWilliam W. Spencer
Edited byRichard K. Brockway
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
Running time
115 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman, and Curt Jürgens. Its plot follows a dying Satanist who attempts to have his soul transferred into the body of a young concert pianist. The name of the film is taken from the piano work of the same title by Franz Liszt. The performance of this work heard in the film is by Jakob Gimpel, although the piece did not appear on the soundtrack album (in this, or any other, performance) when it was released in 1997. Ben Maddow adapted his screenplay from the novel of the same title by Fred Mustard Stewart. The film was the only big-screen work of veteran television producer Quinn Martin.

  1. ^ Driscoll, Edgar (March 25, 1971). "'Mephisto Waltz' glides early, ends up drag". The Boston Globe. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.