RURIK (Cameron Mitchell) demonstrates his penchant for knife-throwing to the shock of Queen Karin (Elisa Mitchell) in I COLTELLI DEL VENDICATORE.
ATE IN 1965, Mario Bava was touched by one of life’s greatest sorrows when his mother Emma lost her battle with cancer.
“She had great pain and our father [Eugenio] suf-
fered a great deal with her,” Mario’s sister Elena re- members. “He took very good, loving care of her, and he was almost alone in nursing her. Their children had families and responsibilities of their own. My Mother Superior, aware of my mother’s illness, sent our doctor many times to examine her, and he told my fellow Sis- ters that he had never seen such an affectionate hus- band, who was so mindful of this sick woman. I told them that my father was also a great artist, intelligent and very charitable.”