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Three strange tales inspired by Edgar Allen Poe and directed by giants of European Cinema. METZENGERSTEIN is the story of a woman who sets fire to a stable and kills her cousin. WILLIAM WILSON is the story of an Austrian officer who kills and then commits suicide. TONY DAMMIT tells of a British film star who, on the way home from a party, loses his head in a car accident.

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EAN5027035006017

eBay Product ID (ePID)102248488

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ActorBrigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Salvo Randone

Film/TV TitleSpirits of the Dead

DirectorFederico Fellini, Roger Vadim, Louis Malle

LanguageFrench

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time125 Mins

Release Year2010

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesRare Vincent Price voice over narration used for the US theatrical version\60 page booklet featuring Edgar Allan Poe's original short stories \'SPIRITS OF THE DEAD Revisited' essay by critic and author Tim Lucas\'Literature and Cinema' essay by scholar and author Peter Bondanella, With Subtitles

GenreHorror/Occult

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Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

Additional InformationWith SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, three titans of European cinema--Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini--team up for a stylish film based on the works of macabre author Edgar Allan Poe. Vadim directs the first segment, METZENGERSTEIN, with Jane Fonda portraying the spoiled, vicious Frederique. When she finally meets her neighbour, Baron Wilhelm (played by her brother Peter), her advances toward him are met with rejection. Humiliated, she takes matters into her own hands, leading her into a downward spiral with a tragic ending. Malle takes the middle slot with WILLIAM WILSON, featuring Alain Delon as the troubled hero, a man who has been haunted since childhood by a man with his exact name. After torturing a gorgeous woman (Brigitte Bardot), a final duel brings William's ghosts home once and for all. Last but not least is Fellini's segment, a story set in the 1970s entitled TOBY DAMMIT, which stars Terence Stamp as a spacey English actor who travels to Rome in order to play Christ in a New Testament Western. When he gets the keys to a brand-new Ferrari, he embarks on a dangerous drive that just might cost him his life. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD is a real gem for those who enjoy the surreal and grotesque.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleSpirits Of The Dead