Franco Rossi
Director
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.
Franco Rossi
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Luchino Visconti
Director
Mauro Bolognini
Director
Cristo Verrillo
Electrician
Pino Zac
Title Designer
Silvana Mangano
Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
Annie Girardot
Valeria (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Francisco Rabal
Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Massimo Girotti
Sportsman (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Véronique Vendell
Young Girl Friend (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Elsa Albani
Gossip (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Clara Calamai
Ex-Actress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Marilù Tolo
Waitress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Nora Ricci
Gloria's Secretary (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Dino Mele
Dino, the Waiter (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Helmut Berger
Hotel Page (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Bruno Filippini
Pianist (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Leslie French
Industrialist (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Alberto Sordi
Elio Ferocci (segment "Senso civico")
Totò
Ciancicato Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Ninetto Davoli
Baciu Miao (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Laura Betti
Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
Luigi Leoni
Female Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
r96sk
1/11/2022
Rather zany, <em>'The Witches'</em> entertains sufficiently. Anthology films aren't usually my thing but I found the oddness of this production to be worth watching. It somehow works. There are five stories portrayed, all of which have their moments even if some are definitively better than others. The music is good, also. "The Witch Burned Alive", the opener, is the standout, "Civic Spirit" is amusingly short, "The Earth Seen from the Moon" is one of the weaker entries as it drags a little, "The Sicilian Belle" is a little forgettable and, the finale, "An Evening Like the Others" is the most strange but does satisfy due to its unusualness and comical nature. That last one's weirdness is elevated by the appearance of Clint Eastwood - which is made even more peculiar as he doesn't even voice his character due to the Italian language barrier; Giuseppe Rinaldi provides the voice, fwiw. It is bizarre yet, again, does work. The star of this 1967 release, though, is Silvana Mangano, who leads all five stories. She is excellent across them all, this is my first exposure to her and I'm intrigued to potentially see more of her work in the future.