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Mood:
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- GhostMysterious CharacterSupernatural AbilityVengeanceObsessionPsychologicalDestructive RelationshipAfterlife more...
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Genres:
- HorrorForeignPeriodThriller
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Time/Period:
- Middle Ages
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- EnglandRome
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- Critically Acclaimed
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Spirits of the Dead, 1968
French, Italian, English
France, Italy
Profile of Spirits of the Dead
Spirits of the Dead can be described as stylized, atmospheric, and scary. The plot revolves around a mysterious character, the afterlife, and a destructive relationship. The main genres are foreign, horror, and thriller. In terms of style, Spirits of the Dead is episodic and is surreal. In approach, it is serious. The storytelling is slow paced. Spirits of the Dead is located in Rome and England. It takes place in the middle ages. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Spirits of the Dead
With SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, three titans of European cinema--Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini--team up for a stylish film based on the works of macabre author Edgar Allan Poe. Vadim directs the first segment, METZENGERSTEIN, with Jane Fonda portraying the spoiled, vicious Frederique. When she finally meets her neighbor, Baron Wilhelm (played by her brother Peter), her advances toward him are met with rejection. Humiliated, she takes matters into her own hands, leading her into a downward spiral with a tragic ending. Malle takes the middle slot with WILLIAM WILSON, featuring Alain Delon as the troubled hero, a man who has been haunted since childhood by a man with his exact name. After torturing a gorgeous woman (Brigitte Bardot), a final duel brings William's ghosts home once and for all. Last but not least is Fellini's segment, a story set in the 1970s entitled TOBY DAMMIT, which stars Terence Stamp as a spacey English actor who travels to Rome in order to play Christ in a New Testament Western. When he gets the keys to a brand-new Ferrari, he embarks on a dangerous drive that just might cost him his life. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD is a real gem for those who enjoy the surreal and grotesque.
Details
| Language: | French, Italian, English |
| Country: | France, Italy |
| Release date: | 23 July 1969 |
| Runtime: | 121 min |
Cast and Crew
as Giuseppina
as Contessa Frederica
as Toby Dammit
as Baron Wilhelm
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