Ghosts of Rome

Fantasmi a Roma

Italy

1961

105 Min

Color

2.35:1

Italian

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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SCR Sergio Amidei, Ennio Flaiano, Ruggero Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Scola

CAST Marcello Mastroianni, Belinda Lee, Sandra Milo, Eduardo De Filippo, Claudio Gora, Tino Buazzelli, Franca Marzi, Ida Galli, Lilla Brignone, Claudio Catania, Michele Riccardini, Enzo Cerusico, Enzo Maggio, Graziella Galvani, Vittorio Gassman

PROD DES Mario Chiari, Vincenzo del Prato

When a prince dies from a freak water heater accident, his nephew plans to sell his palace to real estate speculators. However, the ghosts that inhabit the palace plot to prevent the sale from happening. —Scifilm.org

Director

Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli (born January 19, 1919 in Rome, Gaeta, died July 12, 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all’italiana genre.

He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli’s work included Ossessione directed by Visconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa ’51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada.

His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960).

He died in a car accident in 1969 while working on Come, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini. —Wikipedia