Blu-ray Release: Who Saw Her Die?

Blu-ray Release Date: Sept. 17, 2019
Price: Blu-ray $26.42
Studio: Arrow/MVD


Former Bond star George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)) headlines the 1972 giallo Who Saw Her Die?, directed by Aldo Lado (Short Night of Glass Dolls).

In the film (which rightfully draws comparisons to that other great Venetian horror/thriller, Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now), sculptor Franco Serpieri (Lazenby) welcomes Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi, Deep Red) – his young daughter from a failed marriage – to Venice, unaware that a disturbed child-killer is stalking the city’s canals. When Roberta’s body is found floating face-down in the river, the lives of Franco and his estranged wife Elizabeth (Anita Strindberg, The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail) are ripped asunder. Desperate for vengeance, Franco turns detective in a bid to track down his daughter’s killer, and in the process unearths shocking evidence of depravity and corruption which implicates some of the most respected figures in Venetian society.

Released at the height of the giallo boom, this mystery thriller boasts some of the most iconic names associated with the genre on both sides of the camera. Co-starring Dominique Boschero (The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire) and Adolfo Celi (Thunderball), and featuring a memorable score from maestro Ennio Morricone (What Have You Done to Solange?), Who Saw Her Die? returns in high definition with a gorgeous new 4K restoration.

Here’s a breakdown on what’s on the disc:

  • Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
  • New audio commentary by author and critic Travis Crawford
  • I Saw Her Die, a new video interview with director Aldo Lado
  • Nicoletta, Child of Darkness, a new video interview with actress Nicoletta Elmi
  • Once Upon a Time in Venice, a new video interview with co-writer Francesco Barilli
  • Giallo in Venice, a new video interview with author and critic Michael Mackenzie
  • Original Italian and English theatrical trailers
  • Poster and fotobusta gallery
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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.