A Bullet Through the Heart
A Bullet Through the Heart, released in the United States as Devil at My Heels, is a 1966 Franco-Greek crime drama film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet.
Plot
Holding an old resentment against Montelepre, a Sicilian aristocratic family, an influential gangster named Rizzardi takes possession of the palace of the last member of the family, Francesco Montelepre, who he plans to kill. Stripped of his property, Francesco flees to Athens to find a witness for Rizzardi's crimes so that justice is done. Despite the help of Carla, a nightclub singer, his search is in vain. And now Rizzardi's henchmen, led by Navarra are in pursuit. Fleeing from village to village, Montelepre manages to kill them one by one. Meanwhile, he finds love with Anna, a French tourist, with whom he decides to take refuge on an island. Still, Navarra finds and pursues them. Francesco kills him, but in the exchange of gunfire, Anna is fatally wounded by a bullet. Francesco returns to Sicily to take revenge by killing Rizzardi with Rizzardi killing Francisco.Technical sheet
- French title: Une balle au cœur
- Greek title: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά
- Spanish title: Una bala en el corazon
- UK title: A Bullet Through the Heart
- US title: Devil at My Heels
- Story: Jean-Daniel Pollet, Pierre Kast
- Dialogue: Didier Goulard, Maurice Fabre
- Cinematographer: Alain Levent
- Film editor: Denise de Casabianca
- Composer: Mikis Theodorakis
- Sound: Nikos Ahladis
- Production designer: Marilena Aravantinou
- Producer: André Lapprand
- Production: CMS - Lambessis Films
- Principal photography: May 24 - July 18, 1965
- Countries: Greece, Italy.
Cast
- Sami Frey as Francesco Montelepre
- Françoise Hardy as Anna
- Jenny Karezi as Carla
- Spýros Fokás as Navarra
- Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Rizzardi
- Lucien Bodard as Marcopoulos
Soundtrack
- EP, Une balle au cœur, Barclay Records, France, 1966.
- *A 1: "Générique" - 3:00
- *A 2: "La Balle au cœur" - 1:32
- *B 1: "Kaimos" - 2:30
- *B 2: "Naha dio kheria dio pathia" - 2:58