Spirits of the Dead
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.
Director: Eschilo Tarquini, Federico Fellini, Francesco Aluigi, Jean-Michel Lacor, Liliane Betti, Louis Malle, Michel Clément, Roger Vadim, Serge Vallin, Vana Caruso
Actors: Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, David Bresson, Françoise Prévost, James Robertson Justice, Jane Fonda, Katia Christine, Marlène Alexandre, Peter Fonda, Salvo Randone, Terence Stamp