Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jane Fonda
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
Brigitte Bardot
Giuseppina Ditterheim (segment "William Wilson")
Alain Delon
William Wilson (segment "William Wilson")
Terence Stamp
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
James Robertson Justice
Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
Salvo Randone
Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")
Françoise Prévost
Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
Peter Fonda
Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
Katia Christine
Girl on Dissection Table
Marlène Alexandre
(segment "Metzengerstein")
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe
Marie-Ange Aniès
A courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein")
Serge Marquand
Hugues
John Karlsen
Schoolmaster (segment 'William Wilson') (uncredited)
Federico Fellini
Director
Maria Tedeschi
Woman (uncredited)
Louis Malle
Director
Milena Vukotić
TV Interviewer (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
Director
Umberto D'Orsi
Hans (segment 'William Wilson')
Edgar Allan Poe
Writer
Daniele Vargas
University Professor (segment 'William Wilson')
Pascal Cousin
Writer
Ernesto Colli
Manetti Brother (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Anny Duperey
Courtesan (segment 'Metzengerstein') (uncredited)
Raymond Eger
Producer
Irina Maleeva
Gypsy Fortune Teller (Segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Diego Masson
Composer
Alfredo Rizzo
Angry Man in Car (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Jean Prodromidès
Composer
Nino Rota
Composer
Marisa Traversi
Marilù Traversi (segment 'Toby Dammit') (uncredited)
Tonino Delli Colli
Cinematographer
Claude Renoir
Cinematographer
Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Hélène Plemiannikov
Editor
Clement Biddle Wood
Screenplay / Adaptation
Daniel Boulanger
Dialogue
Jean André
ProductionDesigner
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay / Adaptation
Piero Tosi
ProductionDesigner
Ghislain Uhry
ProductionDesigner
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
Adriana Olasio
Assistant Editor
Vanda Olasio
Assistant Editor
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Norma Giacchero
Script Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 16, 1968
Original NameHistoires extraordinaires
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Filming LocationsSpain
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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.