Le streghe (1967)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

Mauro Bolognini
Vittorio De Sica

Writers:

Mauro Bolognini (segment)
Fabio Carpi (segment)

Release Date:

12 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Italian Comedy | Episodic | Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Commedia All'italiana | Omnibus

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Silvana Mangano	...	Gloria (segment "Strega Bruciata viva, La") / Lady in a hurry (segment "Senso civico") / Assurdina Caì (segment "Terra vista dalla luna, La") / Nunzia (segment "Siciliana, La") / Giovanna (segment "Sera come le altre, Una")
Annie Girardot	...	Valeria (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Francisco Rabal	...	Valeria's Husband (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Massimo Girotti	...	Sportsman (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Véronique Vendell	...	Young Girl Friend (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Elsa Albani	...	Gossip (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Clara Calamai	...	Ex-actress (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Marilù Tolo	...	Waitress (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Nora Ricci	...	Gloria's secretary (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Dino Mele	...	Waiter (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Helmut Berger	...	Young man at Hotel (segment "La Strega Bruciata Viva") (as Helmut Steinbergher)
Bruno Filippini	...	Singer (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Leslie French	...	Industrialist (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
Alberto Sordi	...	Truckdriver (segment "Senso Civico")
Totò	...	Ciancicato Miao (segment "La terra vista dalla luna")

Also Known As:

Les sorcières (France)
The Witches (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:121 min | Spain:120 min | USA:105 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Trivia:

Clint Eastwood was given 20,000 dollars and a brand new Ferrari by the producer Dino De Laurentiis to play a small part in the movie. He got on well with Silvana Mangano and the director Vittorio De Sica.

Movie Connections:

References The Phantom (1943)

Five faces for a woman

On a sleepless night, in my late childhood I was struck by this bizarre movie, in a late-late hours rerun. It blew my mind, and I still wonder around video rentals looking for a copy, in vain. It was conceived probably as a showcase for Silvia Mangano but it is only natural that with such talented directors the movie is not about her, it is instead about them. The first and last episodes are a charming display of misogyny, being the first the silent vivisection of a woman while in the later, featuring a almost speechless Clint Stewood, a cathartic (or rather hysterical) woman lists verborhagically the common places of women paradoxes. But it is Pasollini's "Earth seen from the moon" piece that really breaks through, depicting the perfect woman - half blond, half brunet and entirely mute. His is a little fable on women leading men into idiocy, condition incarnated by famous slapstick comedian Totó. The shortest episode, "Senso Civico" is completely superfluous and echoes another superfluous over-excited-Italian-freak-in-the-traffic episode played by Roberto Begnini in Jim Jarmush's "Night on earth". Still the best pick if you want to trade insomnia for fun.