"[3] Balsamus, l'umo di Satana was a production with a crew of people director Pupi Avati knew personally.

"[3] The films lead of Ariano Nanetti (credited as Bob Tonelli) was a local entrepreneur who Avati had me through his assistant Alberto Bartolani.

[4] Nanetti was not a professional actor, but a young entrepreneur who stated he could raise one billion Italian lire for the film.

[4] Nanetti was hired by Avati, who showed up to the set with a person he introduced as "Mister X" who signed checks for 160 million lire.

[1] Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana was only submitted to the board of censors in Italy in January 1970, nearly two years afters it finished production.