Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Brigitte Bardot
Giuseppina (segment 'William Wilson')
Alain Delon
William Wilson and his double (segment 'William Wilson')
Jane Fonda
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment 'Metzengerstein')
Terence Stamp
Toby Dammit (segment 'Toby Dammit')
Peter Fonda
Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment 'Metzengerstein')
James Robertson Justice
Countess' Advisor (segment 'Metzengerstein')
Salvo Randone
Priest (segment 'Toby Dammit')
Françoise Prévost
Friend of Countess (segment 'Metzengerstein')
Katia Christine
Girl on Dissection Table
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe
Serge Marquand
Hugues
John Karlsen
Schoolmaster (segment 'William Wilson') (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi
Woman (uncredited)
Milena Vukotić
TV Interviewer (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Umberto D'Orsi
Hans (segment 'William Wilson')
Daniele Vargas
University Professor (segment 'William Wilson')
Ernesto Colli
Manetti Brother (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Marie-Ange Aniès
Courtesan (segment 'Metzengerstein')
Anny Duperey
Courtesan (segment 'Metzengerstein') (uncredited)
Irina Maleeva
Gypsy Fortune Teller (Segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo
Angry Man in Car (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Marisa Traversi
Marilù Traversi (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
Director / Screenplay / Adaptation
Louis Malle
Director / Adaptation / Screenplay
Federico Fellini
Director / Screenplay / Adaptation
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Jean André
Production Design
Alberto Grimaldi
Producer
Thomas Sagone
Production Manager
Enzo Provenzale
Production Manager
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Hélène Plemiannikov
Editor
André Cultet
Production Manager
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Piero Tosi
Production Design / Costume Design
Ludmilla Goulian
Production Manager
Joseph Nathanson
Visual Effects
Pascal Cousin
Screenplay / Adaptation
Clement Biddle Wood
Screenplay / Adaptation
Daniel Boulanger
Dialogue
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay / Adaptation
Raymond Eger
Delegated Producer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Jean Prodromidès
Original Music Composer
Diego Masson
Original Music Composer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Ghislain Uhry
Set Decoration / Costume Design
Jean-Michel Lacor
First Assistant Director
Michel Clément
First Assistant Director
Serge Vallin
First Assistant Director
Vana Caruso
First Assistant Director
Eschilo Tarquini
First Assistant Director
Francesco Aluigi
First Assistant Director
Liliana Betti
First Assistant Director
Philippe Brun
Camera Operator
Alain Douarinou
Camera Operator
Bernard Noisette
Camera Operator
Sergio Bergamini
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Catherine Gabrielidis
Assistant Editor
Claire Giniewski
Assistant Editor
Piera Gabutti
Assistant Editor
Suzanne Baron
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 16, 1968
Original NameHistoires extraordinaires
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Filming LocationsSpain
Genres
Wiki.
Spirits of the Dead (French: Histoires extraordinaires, lit. 'Extraordinary Tales', Italian: Tre passi nel delirio, lit. 'Three Steps to Delirium'), also known as Tales of Mystery and Imagination and Tales of Mystery, is a 1968 horror anthology film comprising three segments respectively directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini, based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe. A French-Italian international co-production, the film's French title is derived from a 1856 collection of Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English titles Spirits of the Dead and Tales of Mystery and Imagination are respectively taken from an 1827 poem by Poe and a 1902 British collection of his stories.
Vadim's segment, "Metzengerstein", tells the story of the debauched Countess Frédérique de Metzengerstein (Jane Fonda), who devotes herself to taming a wild horse that once belonged to her cousin, Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (Peter Fonda). Malle's entry, "William Wilson", follows Wilson (Alain Delon), who is hounded throughout his life of cruelty and deception by a doppelgänger, whom he challenges to a fatal duel. Fellini's short, "Toby Dammit", a loose adaptation of "Never Bet the Devil Your Head", deals with the title character (Terence Stamp), an alcoholic Shakespearean actor, whose trip to Rome to make a Spaghetti Western in exchange for a Ferrari is complicated by multiple encounters with the Devil, who appears as a little girl with a white ball.
Spirits of the Dead was released in the United States by American International Pictures in an English-language version featuring narration by Vincent Price.