La morte ha sorriso allassassino is a 1973 Italian-language Horror Mystery motion picture directed by Joe D'amato and produced by Franco Gaudenzi under the banner of Dany Film. A young woman, Greta, loses her memory following an accident with a carriage and finds hospitality at the villa of two wealthy landowners Eva and Walter. The two welcome the girl with great hospitality, far too much - since she is forgetful she ends up in bed with the husband first and then with the wife. But even Dr. Sturges who pays her first visit is interested in her, and above all he is interested in the amulet that she wears around her neck. In fact, he is carrying out mysterious experiments to bring the dead back to life through ancient formulas attributed to the Incas and that amulet is very familiar to him. Things get complicated when Ewa discovers her affair with her husband and, in a raptus of jealousy, she kills her by walling her alive. But a few days later, during a masquerade party, Greta mysteriously reappears with a skeletal face and begins to persecute Ewa pushing her to suicide - and the dead will not end here . La morte ha sorriso allassassino stars Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Angela Bo, Sergio Doria, Attilio Dottesio, Marco Mariani and Pietro Torrisi. The screenplay is written by Joe D'Amato, Romano Scandariato and Claudio Bernabei. The music was composed by Berto Pisano. Cinematography was done by Joe D'Amato and editing by Piera Bruni and Gianfranco Simoncelli. The movie has a running time of 92 minutes. It was released on 11th July 1973. La morte ha sorriso allassassino was made on a budget of 150 million and at the box office it grossed only 70 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Florida Cinematografica.