Spirits of the Dead

aka
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Außergewöhnliche Geschichten

Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a
disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press
and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a
love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover.
"William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double
whom he later kills.

Directed by
Federico Fellini     (segment "Toby Dammit")
Louis Malle         (segment "William Wilson")
Roger Vadim         (segment "Metzengerstein")

Brigitte Bardot - Giuseppina
Alain Delon - William Wilson/The Double
Jane Fonda - Countess Frederique de Metzengerstein
Terrence Stamp - Toby Dammit
James Robertson Justice - Countess' Advisor
Salvo Randone - Priest
Francoise Prevost - Friend of Countess
Peter Fonda - Baron Wilhelm Berliftizing