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The Witches (Le streghe)
Woman as she is...all things to men!
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Franco Rossi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Georges Laurent
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno
Story: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Franco Rossi, Bernardino Zapponi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Magni, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay: Bernardino Zapponi, Fabio Carpi, Furio Scarpelli, Roberto Gianviti, Enzo Muzii, Luigi Magni, Agenore Incrocci, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Cesare Zavattini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi
Top Cast
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")
Videos
AFS PRESENTS: THE WITCHES (LE STREGHE)
