Das Schweigen der Hammel (1994)

Das Schweigen der Hammel: Directed by Ezio Greggio. With Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula. The federal agent Joe Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.

“I canu0026#39;t think of another movie in which an actor replayed his most famous role…for laughs. Millions of people over several decades saw Martin Balsam as the Detective who Gets Killed on the Stairs in u0026quot;Psychou0026quot; (1960). And here he was, 34 years later, playing his every scene from the original as a gag. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnlike u0026quot;Psychou0026quot; shower murder victim Janet Leigh, Balsam always refused to give interviews on his scenes in u0026quot;Psycho,u0026quot; feeling it was given too much notice over his other films (he won the 1965 Oscar for u0026quot;A Thousand Clowns.u0026quot;) I guess he was finally willing to revisit the detective — for pay. Maybe it was revenge for Balsam to play the role in so bad a movie this time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYeah, u0026quot;Silence of the Hamsu0026quot; is terrible, but as a film artifact, I find Balsamu0026#39;s appearance amazing. His physical appearance, too. Heu0026#39;s a fair sight more elderly and frail in u0026quot;Silence of the Hamsu0026quot; than he was in u0026quot;Psycho,u0026quot; but he takes his staircase fall (u0026quot;Again??!!u0026quot;) yet again with grace and humor. Intriguing: this was made by its star, Italian comedian Ezio Greggio, and Martin Balsam died in Italy about a year later. Balsam had appeared in many other Italian-made films. Was this film made in Italy?”