Ghosts of Rome

The haunted castle in Via Veneto ( Original title: Fantasmi a Roma ) is an Italian comedy film with fantasy elements that Antonio Pietrangeli 1961 staged. The studded with Marcello Mastroianni and Sandra Milo in lead roles film came in German cinemas on 12 July 1963.

Action

The Prince of Roviano lives in his Roman palace in peaceful coexistence with the spirits forcibly converted perfect relative. When he dies in a botched repair a water boiler, the palace is negotiable; it threatens eviction, which puts the spirits in panic. They will do anything to trick the heirs.

The heir Federico Roviano must generate a handsome profit to offset its financial condition and wants to sell the building; to avert the impending demolition of the spirits want to declare the building a national monument; a fresco is with their help invaluable work of art. Federico adds to his fate and goes to the spirits in the house.

Criticism

" The plot is nothing," Heinz wrote stamp in film criticism, " the staging everything. The reality is just a ramp for the faun game of ghosts ", whereas the lexicon of international film restricts: ". . Amusing The incidence lost in superficiality "The Italian critic L. Pestelli said in La Stampa: " Pietrangeli has a pleasant film turned an appealing spectacle, even if it is sometimes a bit too retarded and intrusive is in the interplay of fairy tales and satire. "Especially praised, he mentioned the photography of the film.

Comments

Parts of the soundtrack were reused by Lina Wertmuller in her film d' amore e d' anarchia.

Songs in the film are Coriandoli is buzzing Mastroianni, and Restiamo così, sung by Sandra Milo.

Italy 1961 in film Screenplay Ennio Flaiano Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola Film score Nino Rota Giuseppe Rotunno
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