Histoires extraordinaires (1968)
Directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle

Horror / Drama / Mystery
aka: Spirits of the Dead

Film Synopsis

Segment William Wilson (by Louis Malle):
In Italy in the 19th century, a young officer named William Wilson is driven to confess to a priest that he has had evil feelings since before he can remember.  When he was a child, he tortured his classmates, and now the same vicious feelings take hold of him whenever he is playing cards.  He cheats his partner, the beautiful Guiseppina, and, as payment, she allows him to whip her.  During another card game, William's double convinces his fellow players that William is a cheat.  In a fit of despair, William stabs his double to death, knowing that as he does so he too must die...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
  • Script: Edgar Allan Poe (story), Roger Vadim, Pascal Cousin, Louis Malle, Clement Biddle Wood, Daniel Boulanger (dialogue), Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
  • Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli, Claude Renoir, Giuseppe Rotunno
  • Music: Diego Masson, Jean Prodromidès, Nino Rota
  • Cast: Brigitte Bardot (Giuseppina - William Wilson), Alain Delon (William Wilson and his double - William Wilson), Jane Fonda (Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein - Metzengerstein), Terence Stamp (Toby Dammit - Toby Dammit), James Robertson Justice (Countess' Advisor - Metzengerstein), Salvo Randone (Priest - Toby Dammit), Françoise Prévost (Friend of Countess - Metzengerstein), Peter Fonda (Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing - Metzengerstein), Marlène Alexandre (Metzengerstein), Katia Christine (Young girl on the dissection table - William Wilson), Georges Douking (Le licier - Metzengerstein), Philippe Lemaire (Philippe - Metzengerstein), Carla Marlier (Claude - Metzengerstein), Serge Marquand (Hugues - Metzengerstein), Umberto D'Orsi (Hans - William Wilson), Renzo Palmer (Priest - William Wilson), Marco Stefanelli (Wilson as a child - William Wilson), Anne Tonietti (TV Commentator - Toby Dammit), Daniele Vargas (University professor - William Wilson), Marina Yaru (Child)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French / Italian / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 121 min
  • Aka: Spirits of the Dead

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