▁M illa ▁as ▁Luc ifer ▁▁ ▁Att ilio ▁Mot ta ▁ ▁Emil ise ▁Ber etta ▁ ▁Production ▁L ' In fer no ''' s ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁Hell ▁closely ▁followed ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁eng rav ings ▁of ▁Gust ave ▁Dor é ▁for ▁an ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Com edy , ▁which ▁were ▁familiar ▁to ▁an ▁international ▁audience , ▁and ▁employed ▁several ▁special ▁effects . ▁ ▁As ▁D ante ' s ▁Div ine ▁Com edy ▁places ▁Muhammad ▁in ▁hell ▁the ▁film ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁moment ary ▁un fl atter ing ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Muhammad ▁in ▁its ▁Hell ▁sequence ▁( his ▁ch est ▁expl odes , ▁expos ing ▁his ▁ent rails ). ▁ ▁Nancy ▁Mit ford ▁recorded ▁seeing ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁Italy ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁referring ▁to ▁it ▁as ▁D ante . ▁She ▁records ▁that ▁it ▁last ed ▁from ▁ 9 ▁until ▁ 1 2 : 1 5 ▁including ▁two ▁inter m issions . ▁She ▁details ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁death s ▁and ▁tort ures ▁from ▁the ▁film . ▁Her ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁her ▁letter ▁home ▁is ▁quoted ▁in ▁the ▁bi ography ▁Nancy ▁Mit ford ▁by ▁Harold ▁Act on . ▁ ▁The ▁scenes ▁from ▁Hell ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁were ▁re used ▁in ▁an ▁American ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁explo itation ▁film ▁Hell - O - V ision ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁race ▁film ▁Go ▁Down , ▁Death ! ▁Some ▁American ▁state ▁film ▁c ensor ▁bo ards ▁required ▁removal ▁of ▁the ▁hell ▁sequences ▁from ▁L