Spirits of the Dead
Three administrators every adapt a Poe brief story to the display: “Toby Dammit” contains a raveled drugged and drunk English film star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. “Metzengerstein” contains a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion – who it seems is basically her lifeless lover. “William Wilson” tells the story of a sadistic Austrian scholar with an actual double whom he later kills.
Director: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
Actors: Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Salvo Randone, Terence Stamp