In Search of the Dead

In search of the dead is a 1955 surreal comedy directed by Ennio Pazzini and starring Carl Stopanek, Maritza Berner and Alan Bardel. This is often considered to be Pazzini's masterpiece film, despite directing other successes in the 1960s.

Plot
Catherine (Berner) has lost her parents unjustly in a car accident due to the fault of another driver. Determined to right this wrong, she embarks on a journey to the underworld to bargain with the devil to bring them back. In the last village before Hell, she recruits a good-looking man, David, to act as her brother (Bardel) to further her cause.

In Hell, she meets and argues with the devil (Stopanek) but is unable to get him to return her parents. She decided to flirt with the devil, but her advances don't seem to work. When she introduces her "brother", though, the devil does become interested and appears to make advances on him.

The devil quickly chases after David but he is not gay and does not want to be with the devil. He