Italy, 1960
101m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.85:1
mono (Westrex Recording), Italian
An Italian fantasy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli.
Plot Summary
A group of ghosts in an ancient palazzo in Rome try to save their home from destruction.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Antonio Pietrangeli
A Lux-Vides-Galatea film
Produced by: Franco Cristaldi
Screenplay: Ennio Flaiano, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari
Story: Ennio Flaiano, Ruggero Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Scola
From on an Idea by: Sergio Amidei
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno
Editor: Eraldo Da Roma
Music by: Nino Rota
Sound: Mario Messina, Mario Amari
Costumes by: Maria De Matteis
Make-up: Otello Fava, Goffredo Rocchetti
Hairdresser: Maria Teresa Corridoni
Special Effects: Technicolor Italiana
Art Directors: Mario Chiari, Vincenzo Del Prato
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni (Reginaldo/Federico /Gino)
Belinda Lee (Eileen)
Sandra Milo (Flora)
Eduardo De Filippo (Annibale Di Roviano)
Claudio Gora (Engineer Telladi)
Tino Buazzelli (Brother Bartholomew)
Franca Marzi (Nella)
Ida Galli (Carletta)
Lilla Brignone (the queen)
Claudio Catania (Poldino)
Michele Riccardini [Antonio]
Enzo Cerusico
Nadia Marlowa
Gloria Gilli
Enzo Maggio
Graziella Galvani
Antoinette Weinen
Grazia Collodi
Antonella Della Porta
Elivira Tonelli
Bruno Scipioni
Ana Maria Di Pace
Duilio D’Amore
Antonio Maresca
Vittorio Gassman (Caparra)
Alternative Titles
Das Spukschloss in der Via Veneto – Austria, West Germany
Das Spukschloß in der Via Veneto – West Germany (video)
Duchy w Rzymie – Poland
Fantasmas de Roma – Portugal, Spain
Fantasmas em Roma – Brazil
Fantasmas en Roma – Argentina, Mexico
Fantasmata sti Romi – Greece
Fantômes à Rome – France
Gengangere i Rom – Denmark
Ghosts of Rome – UK, USA
Les Joyeux Fantômes – France
Nachtschatten – Wesen ohne Raum und Zeit – West Germany (video)
Phantom Lovers – UK
Róma szellemei – Hungary
Rooman kummitukset – Finland
Sablasti u Rimu – Yugoslavia (Croatian)
Spøkelser i Roma – Norway
Призраки Рима – Russia
References
Periodicals
- La Cinématographie Française no.2104 (6 March 1965) p.15
- The Daily Cinema no.8957 (28 August 1964) p.6
- Intermezzo vol.16 no.9 (15 May 1961) p.4
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.31 no.369 (October 1964) p.148
- Variety 9 August 1961
Books
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.96
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.163
- Italian Horror Films of the 1960s by Lawrence McCallum pp.85-88 – credits, synopsis, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.162
