---
title: 'Suspiria (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dario Argento'
released: '1977-02-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/suspiria-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Suspiria (1977)

1977 · R · 94 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · Italy

Part of: The Three Mothers

## Synopsis

Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the school is a front for something sinister. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dario Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-argento)
- **Screenplay:** [Dario Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-argento), [Daria Nicolodi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daria-nicolodi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dario Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-argento)
- **Producer:** [Claudio Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-argento)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luciano Tovoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-tovoli)

## Cast

- [Miguel Bosé](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-bose)
- [Udo Kier](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-kier)
- [Dario Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-argento)
- [Flavio Bucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/flavio-bucci)
- [Stefania Casini](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefania-casini)
- [Alida Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-valli)
- [Barbara Magnolfi](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-magnolfi)
- [Eva Axén](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-axen)
- [Susanna Javicoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanna-javicoli)
- [Margherita Horowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/margherita-horowitz)
- [Rudolf Schündler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-schundler)
- [Joan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-bennett)
- [Daria Nicolodi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daria-nicolodi)
- [Jessica Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-harper)
- [Renato Scarpa](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-scarpa)

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