With 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 neighbor, 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.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0037429161227
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3367866
Product Key Features
Actor
Brigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Jane Fonda
Edition
The Classic Collection
Rating
R
Movie/TV Title
Spirits of the Dead
Director
Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, Louis Malle
Format
DVD
Release Year
2001
Genre
Foreign Language
Sub-Genre
French
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
France
Display Format
The Classical Collection
LeafCats
617
Leading Role
Brigitte Bardot, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Jane Fonda