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A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Françoise Prévost
- Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
- (as Francoise Prevost)
Marie-Ange Aniès
- A courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein")
- (as Marie-Ange Anies)
Katia Christine
- Young girl on the dissection table (segment "William Wilson")
- (as Katia Christina)
- Directors
- Federico Fellini(segment Toby Dammit)
- Louis Malle(segment William Wilson)
- Roger Vadim(segment Metzengerstein)
- Writers
- Edgar Allan Poe(segment Metzengerstein)
- Roger Vadim(segment Metzengerstein)
- Pascal Cousin(segment Metzengerstein)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- GoofsToby is offered a magazine pictorial in which he is to portray "the young Greek god Mars" (as translated in captions). Mars was the Roman god of war. The Greek god of war was Ares.
- Quotes
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson"): The card-player resembles the lover. He gets tired. No staying power, my dear.
- Crazy creditsAfter the opening title credits, the following handwritten text (from Edgar Allan Poe's first published story, "Metzengerstein" - which is also adapted as the first story of this film) is displayed: "'Horror and fatality have been stalking abroad in all ages. Why then give a date to the story I have to tell?' Edgar Allan Poe."
- Alternate versionsThe whipping of Giuseppina was cut in the original 1973 UK cinema release (titled "Tales of Mystery"), and subsequent releases were also edited. The 15-rated 1984 video (as "Powers of Evil") completely missed the entire "William Wilson" story, and the 18-rated 1990 French Collection VHS (titled "Histoires Extraordinaires: Tales of Mystery and Imagination") received over a minute of cuts to the whipping scene and shots of Wilson caressing a girl with a scalpel. The Arrow Blu-ray release (titled "Spirits of the Dead") is the full uncut version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Toby Dammit (1968)
- SoundtracksRuby
Sung by Ray Charles
Lyrics by Mitchell Parish
Music by Heinz Roemheld
Published by Miller Music Corporation, represented by Curci
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Three stories not all at the same height
The stories differ in their messages. The first one,"Metzengerstein", from Roger Vadim, is quite simple and it has plenty of erotic scenes. Jane Fonda showed her beauty at that time when she was married to Vadim. I did not find anything interesting in this story, except that selfish always wants what is denied to them. The second is "William Wilson" with Briggite Bardot vs Alain Delon, who played two roles in this segment. The director Louis Malle probably wanted to show that each person has two faces or characters, one bad and another one good. The problem is that the good one dies normally before the bad. The scenes of this story are very much revolting. Fellini's "Toby Dammit" was the last one, which I saw with some skepticism of being able to understand it. Sometimes you should be inside Fellini's brains to understand what he really wants to say, but incredibly this was understood. An actor already tired of not having his own life and invited to receive an award suddenly he is becoming himself and doing some unpleasant declarations and gestures. The end of his life is his happiness, i.e. when he is able to do what he wanted.
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- esteban1747
- Mar 26, 2010
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- Also known as
- Trije koraki skozi blaznost
- Filming locations
- Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Lazio, Italy(segment "Toby Dammit")
- Production companies
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- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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