Character Relationship Map: Lisa and the Devil

Characters

• Leandro (played by Telly Savalas) — protagonist

  Leandro is a mysterious butler associated with the villa and its disturbing collection of dummies. He guides Lisa toward the estate, carries and arranges a dummy resembling Carlo, revives Lisa after s...

• Lisa Reiner (played by Elke Sommer) — protagonist

  Lisa is the central traveler whose encounter with a devil-like fresco draws her into a nightmare involving dummies, murder, and apparent supernatural repetition. She is pursued and manipulated by Max...

• Sophia Lehar (played by Sylva Koscina) — supporting

  Sophia is Francis's wife and a member of the stranded traveling party. She has sex with George, provoking Francis's anger, later runs Francis over when he tries to force her to leave, and returns to t...

• Max (played by Alessio Orano) — supporting

  Max is the countess's son and a central force behind the villa's violence. He welcomes Lisa and the Lehars, claims a past romantic connection with Lisa, detains a woman in an upstairs room, kills Carl...

• Carlo (played by Espartaco Santoni) — supporting

  Carlo is a disturbing figure who resembles the dummy made for him and repeatedly appears to Lisa as though returning from death. He claims a past connection with her, spies on Leandro, tries to revive...

• George (played by Gabriele Tinti) — supporting

  George is the Lehars' chauffeur and accompanies them and Lisa when their car breaks down near the villa. While repairing the vehicle, he has sex with Sophia, becoming part of the household's conflict....

• Lisa's friend (played by Kathy Leone) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Leandro → Max (Professional Household Associates) — Their shared presence in the villa supports a practical, secretive association.

  Leandro serves as butler at the villa where Max resides, and they jointly advise the travelers about concealing George's corpse.

• Sophia Lehar → George (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their affair directly contributes to the household's escalating suspicion and violence.

  While Francis bathes, Sophia and George have sex in the cottage.

• Leandro → Carlo (Meta Dummy Double Association) — Leandro's work and behavior blur the boundary between Carlo's body and manufactured figures.

  Leandro helps design a mustachioed dummy resembling Carlo, carries the dummy, and later arranges Carlo's body in a coffin.

• Max → Lisa Reiner (Romantic Former Lovers) — Their alleged past romance becomes an obsessive and violent fixation.

  Max alludes to a previous romance with Lisa despite her denial, vows never to leave her, and later forces himself on her.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Lisa Reiner → George (Social Travel Companions) — George is part of Lisa's temporary traveling group and her route into the villa.

  Lisa hitchhikes with the group while George serves as their chauffeur, and they seek shelter together after the car breaks down.

• Lisa Reiner → Sophia Lehar (Social Travel Companions) — They share the journey from the road to the villa without becoming close allies.

  Lisa hitchhikes with Sophia and the traveling group, takes refuge with them at the villa, and later encounters Sophia's body there.

• Leandro → Sophia Lehar (Alliance Concealment Collaborators) — Leandro participates in the proposed concealment of George's death from authorities.

  Leandro and Max advise Francis to leave George's corpse with them and depart without involving the police.

• Max → Sophia Lehar (Conflict Murderer And Victim) — Sophia becomes a direct victim of Max's attempt to conceal the villa's violence.

  After Sophia returns to the villa, Max pursues and murders her following her witnessing Carlo's death.

• Max → Carlo (Conflict Murderous Rivals) — Their rivalry combines jealousy, violence, and a shared connection to the past.

  Max says Carlo has returned and will no longer come between him and his lover; he later bludgeons Carlo to death.

• Lisa Reiner → Carlo (Conflict Haunted Adversaries) — Carlo's appearances drive Lisa's fear and confusion throughout the villa sequence.

  Carlo confronts Lisa, calls her Elena, claims he has returned for her, and repeatedly reappears after she believes he has died.

• Leandro → Lisa Reiner (Narrative Guide And Pursuer) — Leandro repeatedly directs, observes, and ultimately controls Lisa's strange journey.

  Leandro points Lisa through an arch after she becomes lost, later revives her, takes her measurements, and pilots the plane in the final sequence.

• Lisa's friend → Lisa Reiner (friend)

Story Analysis

Lisa enters a supernatural cycle of doubles, buried desire, murder, and manufactured identity.

Plot Progression

1. Frescoes And False Faces — Lisa encounters the Devil fresco, the music box, and Leandro before fleeing into the streets. Carlo then appears and calls her by another name, establishing the film's identity confusion.
2. Shelter At The Villa — A broken-down car brings Lisa and the traveling group to the isolated villa. Temporary shelter quickly becomes threatening when Carlo reappears and Max claims a connection to Lisa.
3. Secrets Behind Dinner — The villa's social rituals conceal detention, jealousy, erotic visions, and George's murder. Max and Leandro encourage the travelers to hide the corpse rather than contact the police.
4. Dummies And Bloodshed — Lisa discovers the dummy room while Sophia returns to the villa after a violent escape. Max kills Carlo and Sophia, turning the villa's mystery into open slaughter.
5. The Endless Nightmare — The hidden history is exposed, Lisa is attacked, and Max kills the household authority before dying among the dead. Lisa escapes the ruins only to find the nightmare continuing aboard an airplane.