Ghosts of Rome

Ghosts of Rome (1961)

Fantasmi a Roma

An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.

Date of release
1961-04-01
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (71)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy
Director
Antonio Pietrangeli

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

Nino Rota did the music. A writer on Rota's career analysed the score, saying that:

The music for the credits... is supplied first by a sprightly modern jazz combo, then by a barrel organ. This is appropriate for a film that is about the present and the past in two ways: ghosts occupying a palazzo in present-day Rome, and the destructive attempts of its new owners to modernise it, attempts thwarted by the ghosts.

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