The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine (Italian: La Lavatrice) also known by its original title Vortice Mortale is a 1993 giallo film directed by Ruggero Deodato.

The Washing Machine
ItalianLa Lavatrice
Directed byRuggero Deodato
Written byLuigi Spagnol
CinematographySergio D'Offizi
Edited byGianfranco Amicucci
Music byClaudio Simonetti
Release date
  • 5 June 1993 (1993-06-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

Inspector Alexander Stacev is called to the house of three sisters, Ludmilla, Vida and Maria after Ludmilla claims to have found the dismembered body of Vida's pimp boyfriend Yuri inside their washing machine. When he arrives and finds no body he tells them there is no case, putting it down to a drunken hallucination. The sisters think otherwise and follow and pester him about the disappearance of Yuri, luring him into their strange world.

Cast
  • Philippe Caroit as Inspector Alexander Stacev
  • Ilaria Borrelli as Maria 'Sissy' Kolba
  • Katarzyna Figura as Vida Kolba
  • Barbara Ricci as Ludmilla Kolba
  • Laurence Regnier as Nikolai
  • László Borbély as Music Teacher
  • Claudia Pozzi as Irina
  • Yorgo Voyagis as Yuri Petkov
  • Vilmos Kolba as Blind School Instructor
  • Károly Medriczky as German Tourist #1
  • Sándor Boros as German Tourist #2
  • Tamás Pintér as Male Orchestra Singer
  • Ágnes Dávid as Female Orchestra Singer
  • Ruggero Deodato as Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Background

Although generally considered to be a giallo film, some argue that it does not fit the criteria for the genre. [1]

Ruggero was interviewed for a book in 1999 and said of the film;

I wasn't very happy with The Washing Machine because I was never convinced that the casting was correct, and the film was made too quickly… I can only say that I am not at all pleased with the final result because it's a very intimate movie and should have had well-known actors, which it does not. So, after the first few minutes it collapses.

[2]

Release

The Washing Machine was released in 2014 on DVD in the UK by Shameless Screen Entertainment. [3]

References
  1. "Ruggero Deodato's THE WASHING MACHINE". screenanarchy. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. Fenton, Harvey (1999). Cannibal Holocaust: And the Savage Cinema of Ruggero Deodato. FAB Press. p. 112. ISBN 0952926040.
  3. "THE WASHING MACHINE". Shameless-Films. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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