Movies
TV Shows
People
22/02/1967 Comedy, Drama 1h 51m
60
User score

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.

  1. Luchino Visconti

    Director

  2. Mauro Bolognini

    Director

  3. Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Director

  4. Franco Rossi

    Director

  5. Vittorio De Sica

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Silvana Mangano

    Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna

  2. Annie Girardot

    Valeria (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  3. Francisco Rabal

    Paolo (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  4. Massimo Girotti

    Sportsman (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  5. Véronique Vendell

    Young Girl Friend (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  6. Elsa Albani

    Gossip (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  7. Clara Calamai

    Ex-Actress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  8. Marilù Tolo

    Waitress (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  9. Nora Ricci

    Gloria's Secretary (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-01-11
Rather zany, 'The Witches' entertains sufficiently.

Anthology films aren't usually my thing but I found the oddness of this production to be worth watching. It somehow works. There are five stories portrayed, all of which have their moments even if some are definitively better than others. The music is good, also.

"The Witch Burned Alive", the opener, is the standout, "Civic Spirit" is amusingly short, "The Earth Seen from the Moon" is one of the weaker entries as it drags a little, "The Sicilian Belle" is a little forgettable and, the finale, "An Evening Like the Others" is the...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. SubUrbia61%
  2. ...All the Marbles61%
  3. CQ59%
  4. Landline61%
  5. Almost Friends63%
  6. Hard to Die61%
  7. Class59%
  8. Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play75%
  9. Small Apartments58%
  10. The Beanie Bubble64%
  11. Judy & Punch61%
  12. The Wedding Year59%
  13. The Good Neighbor65%
  14. Grazie ragazzi70%
  15. Family Weekend63%
  16. Somewhere in Queens63%
  17. Non abbiam bisogno di parole68%
  18. Tickets64%
  19. Code 370%
  20. My Mother's Wedding62%

Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords