Le streghe

Le streghe
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Silvana Mangano
Release date(s)	1965
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Le streghe (also known as Les Sorcières or The Witches) is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica. Each story is about witches and features Silvana Mangano.

This is one of De Laurentiis' more eclectic films. Clint Eastwood also makes an appearance in the final story.

Episodes and directors

Director	Italian title	English title
Luchino Visconti	"La strega bruciata viva"	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Mauro Bolognini	"Senso civico"	"Civic Sense"
Pier Paolo Pasolini	"La Terra vista dalla Luna"	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Franco Rossi	"La siciliana"	"The Girl From Sicily"
Vittorio De Sica	"Una serata come le altre"	"A Night Like Any Other"

Cast

Actor	Portrayed	Episode(s)
Silvana Mangano	Lady Assurda Cai Nunzia Giovanna	"Civic Sense" "The Earth As Seen From the Moon" "The Girl From Sicily" "A Night Like Any Other"
Annie Girardot	Valeria	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Francisco Rabal	Valerie's Husband	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Massimo Girotti	Sportsman	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Elsa Albani	Gossip	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Alberto Sordi	"Truck Driver	"Civic Sense"
Totò	Ciancicato Miao	"The Earth As Seen From the Moon"
Angelo Santi	Gordon	"A Night Like Any Other"
Piero Torrisi	Batman	"Civic Sense"'
Luigi Leoni	Her Husband	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Marilù Tolo	Waitress	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Pietro Tordi	Father	"The Girl From Sicily"
Véronique Vendell	Young girlfriend	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Clint Eastwood	Husband	"A Night Like Any Other"
Dino Mele	Waiter	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Franco Moruzzi	Sadik	"Civic Sense"
Helmut Berger	Waiter	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Laura Betti	A tourist	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Armando Bottin	"Nembo Kid"	"Civic Sense"
Clara Calamai	Ex-actress	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Ninetto Davoli	Baciù Miao	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Leslie French	Industrialist	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Gianni Gori	Diabolik	"A Night Like Any Other"
Paolo Gozlino	Mandrake	"A Night Like Any Other"
Valentino Macchi	Man in stadium	"A Night Like Any Other"

Other crew

Screenwriters

Screenwriter	Episode
Franco Rossi Luigi Magni	"The Girl from Sicily"
Fabio Carpi Cesare Zavattini	"A Night Like Any Other"
Age & Scarpelli Bernardino Zapponi	"Civic Sense"
Pier Paolo Pasolini	"The Earth As Seen from the Moon"
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Cesare Zavattini	"The Witch Burned Alive"

Other

Ennio Morricone Piero Piccioni	Composers (Music score)
Giuseppe Maccari Giuseppe Rotunno	Cinematographers
Alfredo de Laurentiis	Executive producer
Mario Garbuglia Piero Poletto	Art directors
Piero Tosi	Costume designer
Adriana Novelli Giorgio Serralonga Mario Serandrei Nino Baragli	Editors
Renzo Marignano	First assistant director
Goffredo Rocchetti	Makeup

Release

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

References

Bibliography

• Munn, Michael (1992). Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner. London: Robson Books. ISBN 086051790x. 

External links

• Card + Videoclip "Le streghe" 1967
• Le streghe at AllRovi
• Le streghe at the Internet Movie Database