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The Witches (Italian: Le streghe) is a 1967 commedia all'italiana anthology film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965.[1] It consists of five comic stories, directed by Luchino Visconti, Franco Rossi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mauro Bolognini and Vittorio De Sica. Each story is about witches and features Silvana Mangano.

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The Witches (Le Streghe)
Film poster
Directed by	Luchino Visconti Mauro Bolognini Pier Paolo Pasolini Franco Rossi Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay by	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Cesare Zavattini Age & Scarpelli Bernardino Zapponi Pier Paolo Pasolini Fabio Carpi Enzo Muzzi
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Silvana Mangano Clint Eastwood Annie Girardot Totò Alberto Sordi
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Edited by	Mario Serandrei Nino Baragli Giorgio Serrallonga Adriana Novelli
Music by	Piero Piccioni Ennio Morricone
Production companies	Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Les Productions Artistes Associés
Distributed by	Dear Film (Italy) United Artists (international)
Release date	22 February 1967 (1967)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

This is one of De Laurentiis' more eclectic films. Clint Eastwood also makes an appearance in the final story. It was the last film starring Totò to be released in his lifetime.

Segments

"The Witch Burned Alive"

A famous actress arrives in an Austrian chalet to spend an evening with friends. The woman is gotten drunk by the guests, and when she falls unconscious, friends remove her makeup to look at the imperfections of her face, always believed beautiful by her fans.

"Civic Spirit"

A man is wounded in a traffic accident. A woman stops the car and offers to take him to the hospital. The woman, however, only does this to pass the road traffic. When she arrives at her destination, she throws him out.

"The Earth Seen from the Moon"

This comic episode, directed by Pasolini, tells the story of a red-headed father and son, Ciancicato and Baciu Miao (Totò and Ninetto Davoli). Ciancicato has just lost his wife and wants to marry a new wife. Ciancicato finds a deaf girl among the shacks on the outskirts of Rome and makes her his bride. To buy a better house nearby, he concocts a plan for her to threaten to commit suicide (distraught by her sick children) by jumping from the Coliseum, and take a collection to save her, but she slips on a banana peel and falls, and is buried next to his former wife.

"The Sicilian Belle"

In this short episode, a Sicilian woman tells her father a man made a pass at her; he retaliates by massacring the family.

"An Evening Like the Others"

Clint Eastwood is a western movie lover who does not know how to change the flat relationship with his wife. One day the character disguises himself as a gunslinger to entertain his wife, but she is not impressed and he realizes that their relationship is broken forever. In the final scene, she imagines herself as a glamorous star, walking along in an evolving series of haute couture while being ogled by a growing crowd of middle-aged businessmen. She lastly dons a magnificent gown made of multiple layers of silk, each in a vibrant shade, which she peels away layer by layer.

Cast

Crew

"The Witch Burned Alive"

Luchino Visconti	Director
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi With the collaboration of Cesare Zavattini	Story and Screenplay
Piero Piccioni	Composer
Rinaldo Ricci	Assistant Director
Mario Serandrei	Editor

"Civic Spirit"

Mauro Bolognini	Director
Age & Scarpelli Bernardino Zapponi	Story and Screenplay
Piero Piccioni	Composer
Massimo Castellani	Assistant Director
Nino Baragli	Editor

"The Earth Seen from the Moon"

Pier Paolo Pasolini	Director
	Story and Screenplay
Ennio Morricone	Composer
Sergio Citti	Assistant Director
Nino Baragli	Editor

"The Sicilian Belle"

Franco Rossi	Director
Age & Scarpelli Bernardino Zapponi	Story and Screenplay
Piero Piccioni	Composer
Nello Vanin	Assistant Director
Giorgio Serralonga	Editor

"An Evening Like the Others"

Vittorio De Sica	Director
Cesare Zavattini With the collaboration of Fabio Carpi Enzo Muzii	Story and Screenplay
Piero Piccioni	Composer
Luisa Alessandri	Assistant Director
Adriana Novelli	Editor

Other crew

Giuseppe Rotunno	Director of Photography
Alfredo De Laurentiis	General Production Manager
Mario Garbuglia Piero Poletto	Art Directors
Piero Tosi	Costume Designer
Goffredo Rocchetti	Makeup Artist

Release

Le streghe was never released outside of Europe as United Artists bought the film when Clint Eastwood's career began to ascend. United Artists decided not to release it in theaters but instead kept it in its library vault to prevent its viewing.[2]

References

Bibliography

• Munn, Michael (1992). Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner. London: Robson Books. ISBN 0-86051-790-X.

External links

• Card + Videoclip "Le streghe" 1967
• The Witches at AllMovie
• The Witches at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] The Witches (1967 film)

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[ru] Ведьмы (фильм, 1967)

«Ведьмы» (итал. Le streghe, фр. Les sorcières) — итальянско-французский сборник из пяти новелл, снятых режиссёрами Лукино Висконти, Мауро Болоньини, Пьером Паоло Пазолини, Франко Росси и Витторио Де Сика. Премьера фильма состоялась 22 февраля 1967 года.

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