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| Brigitte Bardot | ... |
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
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| Alain Delon | ... |
William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
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| Jane Fonda | ... |
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
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| Terence Stamp | ... |
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
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| James Robertson Justice | ... |
Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
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Salvo Randone | ... |
Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")
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Françoise Prévost | ... |
Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
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| Peter Fonda | ... |
Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
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Marlène Alexandre | ... |
(segment "Metzengerstein")
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David Bresson |
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Katia Christine | ... |
Young girl on the dissection table (segment "William Wilson")
(as Katia Christina)
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Peter Dane |
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Georges Douking | ... |
Le licier (segment "Metzengerstein")
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Philippe Lemaire | ... |
Philippe (segment "Metzengerstein")
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Carla Marlier | ... |
Claude (segment "Metzengerstein")
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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. Written by alfiehitchie
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"Metzengerstein": the bored and corrupt medieval countess Frederica (Jane Fonda) spends her futile life in orgies and cruelties. When she moves with her friends to one of her castles nearby the lands of her poor cousin Baron Wilhelm (Peter Fonda), she desires him but is not corresponded. When one of her minions burns the stable, Wilhelm dies trying to rescues his stallion and Federica is haunted by her lost cousin.
This erotic female version of Caligula shows the delicious Jane Fonda, who was married to Roger Vadim at that time, wearing sexy costumes very similar to "Barbarella" (of the same year). But the story is weak. My vote is five.
"William Wilson": the sadistic and cruel soldier of the Austrian army William Wilson (Alain Delon) confesses to a priest the cruelties he committed along his sinful life and the participation of his double also called William Wilson in specific moments of his dreadful life.
This short directed by Louis Malle is the certainly the best segment of these adaptations, showing the fight between the dark side and the human part of the same character. Brigitte Bardot is very different with black hair. My vote is six.
"Toby Dammit": the cynical alcoholic and decadent English actor Toby Dammit (Terence Stamp) travels to Rome to make a Catholic Western, but only interested in receiving the Ferrari promised by the production.
This messy segment directed by Federico Fellini uses stylish images and a great performance of Terence Stamp, but the story is confused and the boring conclusion is too long. My vote is four.
My global vote for these adaptations is five.
Title (Brazil): "Histórias Extraordinárias" ("Extraordinaries Stories")