Round 1: Tossup 7

For an “actor-less” film titled for this time period, the Siodmak (“see-ODD-mack”) brothers recruited a crew including Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann, and Billy Wilder to shoot and write a script about a Berlin park. Daniel Day-Lewis made his film debut uncredited in a movie titled for this time period that features (15[1])a (15[1])kiss between Murray Head and Peter Finch. In the chilling opening of a film titled for this time period, the camera zooms out from a flame to track a group of hooded men, who (*) brand a woman and hammer a nail-studded “mask of Satan” onto her face. This day is named twice in the title of John Schlesinger’s follow-up to Midnight Cowboy. It’s not the Sabbath, but scream queen Barbara Steele played a dual role in a film titled for this day that was inspired by Gogol’s short story “Viy” (“vee”). For 10 points, that Mario Bava horror film is titled for what “black” (10[1])day of the week? ■END■

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