
- Country: France, Italy
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Release: 1969-07-23
- Director: Federico Fellini , Louis Malle , Roger Vadim
- Writers: Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) , Pascal Cousin , Clement Biddle Wood
- Language: French | Italian | English
- Stars: Jane Fonda , Brigitte Bardot , Alain Delon , Terence Stamp
- Runtime: 121 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: Spirits of the Dead (United States of America) , Три шага в бреду , William Wilson , 3 askelta yöhön (Finland) , Histoires extraordinaires (France, French Republic) , Fantastische Verhalen (Belgium) , Toby Dammit , Необикновени истории (Bulgaria) , Außergewöhnliche Geschichten (Germany) , Kolme askelta yöhön (Finland) , Historias extraordinarias (Argentina) , 3 steg i natten (Finland) , Sami Nabiji Bodvisaken (Georgia) , 世にも怪奇な物語 (Japan) , Trzy kroki w szaleństwo (Poland) , Tales of Mystery and Imagination (United Kingdom) , Metzengerstein , Sami nabiji bodvisaken , Tales of Mystery (United Kingdom) , Spirits of the Dead , Sagor från de döda (Sweden) , Şeytanın kurbanları (Turkey) , Never Bet the Devil Your Head , Ιστορίες Μυστηρίου (Greece) , Histórias Extraordinárias (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Spirits of the Dead (United Kingdom) , Paraxenes istories (Greece) , Különleges történetek (Hungary) , Histoires extraordinaires , Toby Dammit , Histoires extraordinaires (Canada) , Tre passi nel delirio (Italy) , Povesti extraordinare (Romania) , Yo nimo kaiki na monogatari (Japan) , Historias extraordinarias (Spain) , Powers of Evil (United Kingdom) , Istories mystiriou (Greece) , Histórias Extraordinárias (Brazil) , Ston ilingo tis akolasias (Greece) , Tri koraka kroz ludilo , Historie niesamowite (Poland) , Histories Extraordinaires (Belgium)
- Plot: 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 medieval 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.
- IMDB:tt0063715


Spirits of the Dead Cast

Federico Fellini
Director

Louis Malle
Director

Roger Vadim
Director

Brigitte Bardot
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")

Alain Delon
William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson")

Jane Fonda
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")

Terence Stamp
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")

Peter Fonda
(I)
Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")

James Robertson Justice
Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")

Salvo Randone
Priest (segment "Toby Dammit")

Françoise Prévost
Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")

Katia Christine
Girl on Dissection Table

Philippe Lemaire
Philippe

Serge Marquand
Hugues

John Karlsen
Schoolmaster (segment "William Wilson") (uncredited)

Maria Tedeschi
Woman (uncredited)

Milena Vukotic
TV Interviewer (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)

Umberto D’Orsi
Hans (segment "William Wilson")

Daniele Vargas
University Professor (segment "William Wilson")
Ernesto Colli
Manetti Brother (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)

Marie-Ange Aniès
Courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein")

Anny Duperey
Courtesan (segment "Metzengerstein") (uncredited)

Irina Maleeva
Gypsy Fortune Teller (Segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)