
Spirits of the Dead
1968
Release Date
June 10th, 1968
Runtime
- 122 minutes
Synopsis
- Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills.
CAST
- 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), Marlène Alexandre -

