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Ghosts of Rome
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Wikipedia article
'Ghosts of Rome' is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as 'The Phantom Lovers'.
Plot
Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite having no money. He lives with ghosts: Ronaldo, a lady's man, Bartholomew, a friar, Flora, who died with love, and a five year old boy.
The Count is blown up by his water heater and joins the ghosts. His nephew Federico inherits the castle and moves in with his girlfriend Eileen, intending to sell it. The ghosts call in an artist friend, Caparra, and try to get him to finish a painting so the castle is declared a national monument.
Cast
* Marcello Mastroianni - Reginaldo / Federico di Roviano / Gino
* Vittorio Gassman - Caparra, pittore del '600, rivale del Caravaggio
* Belinda Lee - Eileen
* Sandra Milo - Donna Flora
* Eduardo De Filippo - Don Annibale, Principe di Roviano
* Claudio Gora - Ing. Telladi
* Tino Buazzelli - Father Bartolomeo
* Franca Marzi - Nella
* Ida Galli - Carla
* Lilla Brignone - Regina
* Claudio Catania - Poldino
* Michele Riccardini - Antonio, tailor and doorman
* Enzo Cerusico - Admirer
* Nadia Marlowa
* Luciana Gilli - Girl in the park (as Gloria Gilli)
* Enzo Maggio - Fricand
* Graziella Galvani - Mathematics teacher
Reception
One review called it "a jolly little Roman fantasy."Beauty and the beast
Grant, Elspeth. The Tatler and Bystander; London Vol. 253, Iss. 3289, (Sep 9, 1964): 511. The 'Spectator' called it "a cheerful surprise."The Goddess. (Academy Cinema Club, 'A' certificatr.)-Phantom Lovers. (Continentale, 'A' certificate) (Book Review)
QUIGLY, ISABEL. The Spectator; London Vol. 213, Iss. 7106, (Sep 4, 1964): 312.
The 'Monthly Film Bulletin' called it an "inoffensive comedy has a theme too slight and too lacking to be anything other than tedious when treated at such length."PHANTOM LOVERS "(Fantasmi a Roma)"
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 31, Iss. 360, (Jan 1, 1964): 148.
'Sight and Sound' called it "a fragile fantasy".[https://archive.org/details/Sight_and_Sound_1964_10_BFI_GB/page/n61/mode/2up?q=%22phantom+lovers%22+ Review of film] at Sight and Sound 'Filmink' called it "entertaining".
References
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