The Witches
Cast & Crew
Silvana Mangano
Annie Girardot
Francisco Rabal
Massimo Girotti
Elsa Albani
Helmut Steinberger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
THE WITCH BURNED ALIVE: Gloria, a famous actress and sex symbol, is vacationing in her resort home in the Swiss Alps with her friend Valeria. The men among the guests leer at her, and their wives are jealous. Gloria discovers that she is pregnant and telephones her husband, a motion picture producer. When he tells her that she cannot have the child because she will miss too much work, Gloria realizes the extent of her loneliness and misery. CIVIC SENSE: A lady trapped in rush hour traffic in Rome sees a truckdriver injured in an accident. She offers to take him to the hospital and proceeds to speed through the traffic. Instead of going to the hospital, however, she drives home to keep an important appointment, and the man dies in the car outside of her house. THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM THE MOON: [Performed primarily in pantomime.] Ciancicato Miao and Baciù Miao, two tramps, invent a green-haired mute named Assurda Caì to act as their servant and companion. THE GIRL FROM SICILY: When Nuncia, a young Sicilian woman, is unable to marry the man of her choice, her father starts a civil war in their village. A NIGHT LIKE ANY OTHER: Giovanna, the bored wife of a banker, fantasizes that her husband has to compete for her favors with Batman, Flash Gordon, Diabolik, and Mandrake.
Cast
Silvana Mangano
Annie Girardot
Francisco Rabal
Massimo Girotti
Elsa Albani
Helmut Steinberger
Véronique Vendell
Bruno Filippini
Leslie French
Dino Mele
Marilù Tolo
Clara Calamai
Nora Ricci
Silvana Mangano
Alberto Sordi
Silvana Mangano
Totò
Ninetto Davoli
Laura Betti
Luigi Leoni
Mario Cipriani
Silvana Mangano
Pietro Tordi
Silvana Mangano
Clint Eastwood
Armando Bottin
Gianni Gori
Paolo Gozlino
Angelo Santi
Piero Torrisi
Valentino Macchi
Franco Moruzzi
Crew
Giorgio Adriani
Age & Scarpelli
Luisa Alessandri
Nino Baragli
Carlo Bartolini
Mauro Bolognini
Fabio Carpi
Massimo Castellani
Vincenzo Cerami
Sergio Citti
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
Vittorio De Sica
Mario Garbuglia
Giuseppe Maccari
Luigi Magni
Renzo Marignano
Ennio Morricone
Enzo Muzii
Joseph Natanson
Adriana Novelli
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Piero Piccioni
Piero Poletto
Rinaldo Ricci
Goffredo Rocchetti
Franco Rossi
Franco Rossi
Giuseppe Rotunno
Giorgio Serralonga
Piero Tosi
Vittorio Trentino
Nello Vanin
Luchino Visconti
Pino Zac
Bernardino Zapponi
Cesare Zavattini
Cesare Zavattini
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Rome in April 1967 as Le streghe; running time: 104 min; in Paris in June 1968 as Les sorcières. Italian episode titles: "La strega bruciata viva," "Senso civico," "La terra vista dalla luna," "La Siciliana," and "Una sera come le altre."
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States April 18, 1990
Released in United States Spring March 1969
A quintet of short films by Italy's premier directors.
Film produced in 1965.
Released in United States 1991 ("La Terra Vista Dalla Luna" shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.)
Released in United States Spring March 1969
Released in United States April 18, 1990 ("La Terra Vista Dalla Luna" shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 18, 1990.)
