Histoires extraordinaires (1968) - film review
Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
Horror / Drama / Mystery
Summary
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...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
- Script: Edgar Allan Poe, Roger Vadim, Pascal Cousin, Louis Malle, Clement Biddle Wood, Daniel Boulanger, Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi
- Photo: Tonino Delli Colli, Claude Renoir, Giuseppe Rotunno
- Music: Diego Masson, Jean Prodromidès, Nino Rota, Heinz Roemheld
- Cast: Brigitte Bardot (Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")), Alain Delon (William Wilson), Jane Fonda (Contessa Frederica), Terence Stamp (Toby Dammit), James Robertson Justice (Countess’ Advisor), Salvo Randone (Priest), Françoise Prévost (Friend of Countess), Peter Fonda (Baron Wilhelm), Katia Christine (Young Girl), Georges Douking (Du Lissier), Philippe Lemaire (Philippe), Carla Marlier (Claude), Serge Marquand (Hugues), Umberto D’Orsi (Hans), Renzo Palmer (Priest), Marco Stefanelli (Wilson as a child), Anne Tonietti (TV Commentator), Daniele Vargas (Professor), Marina Yaru (Child/The Devil), Fabrizio Angeli (1st Director), Federico Boido (Party Guest), Ernesto Colli (2nd Director), Paul Cooper (2nd Interviewer)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 121 min
- Aka: Spirits of the Dead; Tales of Mystery; Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Trois histoires extraordinaires d’Edgar Poe
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