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Histoires extraordinaires (1968)
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Directors:
Writers:
Edgar Allan Poe (story) (segment "Metzengerstein")
Roger Vadim (adaptation) (segment "Metzengerstein") ...
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Roger Vadim (adaptation) (segment "Metzengerstein") ...
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Release Date:
23 July 1969 (USA)
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Tagline:
the ultimate orgy of evil more
Plot:
Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged...
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(2 articles)
Stamp Owes Astrologer For Fine Voice
(From WENN. 31 December 2008, 12:12 AM, PST)
"The Sacrifice"
(From The AV Club. 5 June 2008, 10:00 PM, PDT)
(From WENN. 31 December 2008, 12:12 AM, PST)
"The Sacrifice"
(From The AV Club. 5 June 2008, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brigitte Bardot | ... | Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson") | |
| Alain Delon | ... | William Wilson (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") (as Francoise Prevost) | |
| Peter Fonda | ... | Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| Marlène Alexandre | ... | (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| Marie-Ange Aniès | ... | (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| David Bresson | |||
| Katia Christine | ... | Young Girl (segment "William Wilson") (as Katia Christina) | |
| Peter Dane | |||
| Georges Douking | ... | Du Lissier (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| Philippe Lemaire | ... | Philippe (segment "Metzengerstein") |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Spirits of the Dead (USA)
Tales of Mystery
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (UK)
Tre passi nel delirio (Italy)
Trois histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe
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Tales of Mystery
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (UK)
Tre passi nel delirio (Italy)
Trois histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe
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Runtime:
121 min
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Argentina:16 |
UK:18 (1990) (cut) |
UK:X (1973) (cut) |
Italy:VM14 (re-rating) (1999) |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:R
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The film was originally to have been directed by Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini.
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Continuity: When Countess Frederique ("Metzengerstein") is urging the black stallion into the sea, her ermine-trimmed cloak is suddenly gone.
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Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993) (V)
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Ruby
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Three separate stories:
- Skip the first one. Just do it. If you really must ogle the young Jane Fonda, get Barbarella.
- Your call on the second one. Okay, but not memorable.
The third story makes the film. It's "Fellini-esque"! Fellini's wild imagery makes narrative sense (well, sort of), when applied to the story of an addled English actor stumbling around Rome at breakneck speed. The segment also features a startlingly original image of evil (an "Anglican devil," I think that's the Terence Stamp character's phrase). Maybe it's just me, but the segment's conception of the devil is among the spookiest things I've ever seen on film; and when you get right down to it, it makes a lot more theological sense then ugly, scaly guys with tails.