The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
188 audience votes
Key crew
- Federico FelliniDirector
- Louis MalleDirector
- Roger VadimDirector
- Roger VadimScreenplay
- Pascal CousinScreenplay
- Clement Biddle WoodScreenplay
- Louis MalleScreenplay
- Federico FelliniScreenplay
- Bernardino ZapponiScreenplay
- Jean ProdromidèsOriginal Music Composer
- Diego MassonOriginal Music Composer
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brigitte BardotGiuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
- Alain DelonWilliam Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")
- Jane FondaContessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Terence StampToby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
- Peter FondaBaron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")
- James Robertson JusticeCountess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Salvo RandonePriest (segment "Toby Dammit")
- Françoise PrévostFriend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
- Katia ChristineGirl on Dissection Table
- Philippe LemairePhilippe
- Serge MarquandHugues
- John KarlsenSchoolmaster (segment "William Wilson") (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
armyobsessionanthologycatholicalcoholicdesirebased on song, poem or rhymedoppelgängermovie starhorror anthologypoe
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