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Spirits of the Dead (Italian: Tre passi nel delirio, French: Histoires extraordinaires) is an "omnibus" film comprising three segments. The French title Histoires extraordinaires (translated to English as Extraordinary Stories) is from the first collection of Poe's short stories translated by French poet Charles Baudelaire; the English title Spirits of the Dead is from an 1827 poem by Poe. American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp are among the stars. The English-language version features narration by Vincent Price. The film received a mixed critical reception, with the Fellini segment widely regarded as the best of the three. Reviewing the picture under its English language title Spirits of the Dead, Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that "Toby Dammit, the first new Fellini to be seen here since Juliet of the Spirits in 1965, is marvelous: a short movie but a major one. The Vadim is as overdecorated and shrill as a drag ball, but still quite fun, and the Malle, based on one of Poe's best stories, is simply tedious."
Original Release
05/16/1968
US Release
07/23/1969
Cast
Name | Character |
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Brigitte Bardot | Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson") |
Alain Delon | William Wilson (segment "William Wilson") / William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson") |
Jane Fonda | Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein") |
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") / Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein") (as Francoise Prevost) |
Peter Fonda | Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Marlène Alexandre | (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Marie-Ange Aniès | A courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein") / Courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Directors
Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini
Writers
Clement Biddle Wood, Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, Edgar Allan Poe, Pascal Cousin, Daniel Boulanger, Bernardino Zapponi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Brigitte Bardot | Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson") |
Alain Delon | William Wilson (segment "William Wilson") / William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson") |
Jane Fonda | Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein") |
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") / Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein") (as Francoise Prevost) |
Peter Fonda | Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Marlène Alexandre | (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Marie-Ange Aniès | A courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein") / Courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein") |
David Bresson | |
Katia Christine | Young girl on the dissection table (segment "William Wilson") / Girl on Dissection Table |
Peter Dane | |
Georges Douking | Le licier (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Philippe Lemaire | Philippe (segment "Metzengerstein") / Philippe |
Carla Marlier | Claude (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Serge Marquand | Hugues (segment "Metzengerstein") / Hugues |
Umberto D'Orsi | Hans (segment "William Wilson") |
Renzo Palmer | Priest (segment "William Wilson") |
Monica Pardo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raymond Eger | Producer |
Alberto Grimaldi | Producer |
Editors
Franco Arcalli, Francis Vogner, Ruggero Mastroianni, Suzanne Baron