Le streghe
is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis

Dino De Laurentiis

Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis was an Italian film producer.-Early life:He was born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples, and grew up selling spaghetti produced by his father...

 in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi

Franco Rossi

Franco Rossi was an Italian film screenwriter and director, mainly known for having directed the six hour long Italian-German-British-Swiss TV mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985....

, Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...

, Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....

, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...

  and Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio de Sica

Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

. Each story is about witches and features Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946...

.

This is one of De Laurentiis' more eclectic films. Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...

 also makes an appearance in the final story.

Episodes and directors

Director	Italian title	English title
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...	"La strega bruciata viva"	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....	"Senso civico"	"Civic Sense"
Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...	"La Terra vista dalla Luna"	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Franco Rossi Franco Rossi Franco Rossi was an Italian film screenwriter and director, mainly known for having directed the six hour long Italian-German-British-Swiss TV mini-series Quo Vadis? in 1985....	"La siciliana"	"The Girl From Sicily"
Vittorio De Sica Vittorio de Sica Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....	"Una serata come le altre"	"A Night Like Any Other"

Cast

Actor	Portrayed	Episode(s)
Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946...	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 Annie Girardot Annie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...	Valeria	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Francisco Rabal	Valerie's Husband	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and polo...	Sportsman	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Elsa Albani	Gossip	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....	"Truck Driver	"Civic Sense"
Totò Totò Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...	Ciancicato Miao	"The Earth As Seen From the Moon"
Angelo Santi	Gordon	"A Night Like Any Other"
Piero Torrisi	Batman Batman Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...	"Civic Sense"'
Luigi Leoni	Her Husband	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Marilù Tolo Marilù Tolo Marilù Tolo is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 64 films between 1960 and 1985. She was also a fashion model and a close friend of Italian stylist Valentino...	Waitress	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Pietro Tordi	Father	"The Girl From Sicily"
Véronique Vendell Véronique Vendell Véronique Vendell is a French actress. She appeared mainly in French productions, but had roles in both Peter Glenville's Becket and Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron.-External links:...	Young girlfriend	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...	Husband	"A Night Like Any Other"
Dino Mele	Waiter	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Franco Moruzzi	Sadik	"Civic Sense"
Helmut Berger Helmut Berger Helmut Berger is an Austrian-born German film and television actor. He is most famous for his work with Luchino Visconti, particularly in his performance as King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Ludwig, for which he received a special David di Donatello award.He appears primarily in European cinema, but...	Waiter	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Laura Betti Laura Betti Laura Betti was an Italian actress.Born Laura Trombetti in Bologna, this blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. In 1963 she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom...	A tourist	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Armando Bottin	"Nembo Kid Superman Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective... "	"Civic Sense"
Clara Calamai Clara Calamai Clara Calamai was an Italian actress.Her debut was in 1938 with Pietro Micca, directed by Aldo Vergano....	Ex-actress	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Ninetto Davoli Ninetto Davoli Ninetto Davoli is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films.-Biography:Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria...	Baciù Miao	"The Earth As Seen From The Moon"
Leslie French	Industrialist	"The Witch Burned Alive"
Gianni Gori	Diabolik Diabolik Diabolik is a fictional character, an anti-hero featured in Italian comics. He was created by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani in 1962. His stories appear in monthly black and white digest-sized booklets. The character was inspired by several previous characters from Italian and French pulp...	"A Night Like Any Other"
Paolo Gozlino	Mandrake Mandrake Mandrake may refer to:* Mandrake , a plant of the genus Mandragora* Mandragora , in occultism* Mandrake Linux, former name of Mandriva Linux, a computer operating system...	"A Night Like Any Other"
Valentino Macchi	Man in stadium	"A Night Like Any Other"

Screenwriters

Screenwriter	Episode
Franco Rossi Luigi Magni Luigi Magni Luigi Magni is an Italian screenwriter and film director active since 1959 as a screenwriter and 1968 as a film director.-Screenwriter:*La cambiale *Il corazziere *Gli attendenti...	"The Girl from Sicily"
Fabio Carpi Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.-Brief biography:...	"A Night Like Any Other"
Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli Age & Scarpelli is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli . Together, they wrote the script for about a hundred movies, mainly satirical comedies....   Bernardino Zapponi	"Civic Sense"
Pier Paolo Pasolini	"The Earth As Seen from the Moon"
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Giuseppe Patroni Griffi was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there... Cesare Zavattini	"The Witch Burned Alive"

Other

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces... Piero Piccioni Piero Piccioni Piero Piccioni , was an Italian lawyer turned major film score composer. A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 200 film soundtracks.-Early life:...	Composers (Music score)
Giuseppe Maccari Giuseppe Rotunno Giuseppe Rotunno Giuseppe Rotunno, A.S.C., A.I.C. is an Italian cinematographer. Sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno, he was director of photography on eight films by Federico Fellini...	Cinematographers
Alfredo de Laurentiis	Executive producer
Mario Garbuglia Mario Garbuglia Mario Garbuglia was an Italian set designer. He won the David di Donatello, the Nastro d'Argento and a BAFTA.- Life :... 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.

External links

• Card + Videoclip "Le streghe" 1967