Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel princess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
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| 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") | |
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Marlène Alexandre | ... | (segment "Metzengerstein") |
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David Bresson | ||
| Katia Christine | ... | Young girl on the dissection table (segment "William Wilson") (as Katia Christina) | |
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Peter Dane | ||
| Georges Douking | ... | Le licier (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| Philippe Lemaire | ... | Philippe (segment "Metzengerstein") | |
| 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 medieval 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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Release Date:
23 July 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (Westrex Electric)Aspect Ratio:
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The film was originally to have been directed by Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini. See more »Goofs
During the final card game between Wilson (Alain Delon) and Giuseppina (Brigitte Bardot), Wilson deals himself two cards in a row during the final hand. He should have dealt Giuseppina a fifth card first before taking his. See more »Quotes
Maurizio Manetti - director (segment "Toby Dammit"): As long as it reflects the death throes and decay of our capitalists system - a Western can claim to be militant. That's what Lukcas says. We'll create historical characters sociologically contextualized. Thus, our two outlaws represent irresponsibility and anarchy. The busty girl is the illusory escape into the irrational. The prairie is beyond history and the bisons are man's struggle for subsistence.See more »
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it is strange to see a film ignoring its artistic virtues. because it is only a puzzle of directors and texts and actors and memories. a sort of experiment. seductive. and full of nostalgia. eccentric. and bizarre. stars, Romanticism, the shadow of Edgar Allen Poe and the mark of directors. it is strange to say what part is most remarkable. because, after the final credits , remains only the drawings in dust. and pieces of old velvet. a good kick to read Poe. again. because, maybe at the first sigh only, the film seems use his work only as pretext. but, like each part of film, it could be an impression.