Histoires extraordinaires
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| Histoires Extraordinaires | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Federico Fellini (segment "Toby Dammit") Louis Malle (segment "William Wilson") Roger Vadim (segment "Metzengerstein") |
| Produced by | Raymond Eger |
| Written by | Edgar Allan Poe (stories), Roger Vadim & Pascal Cousin (adaptation, "Metzengerstein") Louis Malle & Clement Biddle Wood (adaptation, "William Wilson") Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi (adaptation, "Toby Dammit") Daniel Boulanger (dialogue, "William Wilson" and "Metzengerstein") |
| Starring | Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, Brigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon |
| Music by | Diego Masson ("William Wilson") Jean Prodromidès("Metzengerstein") Nino Rota ("Toby Dammit") |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli("William Wilson") Claude Renoir("Metzengerstein") Giuseppe Rotunno("Toby Dammit") |
| Editing by | Franco Arcalli & Suzanne Baron ("William Wilson") Ruggero Mastroianni ("Toby Dammit") Hélène Plemiannikov("Metzengerstein") |
| Distributed by | Cocinor (France) American International Pictures (AIP) |
| Release date(s) | 1968 |
| Running time | 121 min |
| Country | France/Italy |
| Language | French/English |
| IMDb profile | |
Histoires extraordinaires (Spirits of the Dead) is a 1968 film comprising three segments.
American International Pictures distributed this horror anthology film featuring three stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by European directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, and Terence Stamp are among the stars. The English language version features narration by Vincent Price.
[edit] Stories
All three segments are based on stories written by Edgar Allan Poe. The original stories were "Metzengerstein", "William Wilson" and "Never Bet the Devil Your Head".
