KRUVAJAN falls under the spell of the reawakened Princess Asa.
age of 21, the same age at which Asa was put to death. Upon seeing an ap- parition of the Mask of Satan in his hot toddy, Prince Vajda has a break- down and is sent to bed, tightly grip- ping a crucifix. His stable groom Boris is sent to fetch the two doctors Katia met outside the family crypt as night was falling.
Meanwhile, the doctors have ar- rived at a tavern in neighboring Mirgorod. Andrej retires early, high on wine and romance, but Kruvajan
decides to take a stroll and enjoy a pipe before retiring. Back in the crypt, Asa has been rematerialized by Kruvajan’s blood, but not fully; she uses her only strength to summon Prince Javutich from his grave. At her psychic com- mand, he rises from the damp clay cov- ering his coffin and pulls the spiked mask from his face. He staggers down the road to Castle Vajda, but his unwelcome appearance in the room of
BARBARA STEELE’s stand-in, used as a model for lighting the set, is glimpsed in this frame from an RAI newsreel devoted to the making of the film.
