Federico Fellini's adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Originally appeared as a segment in the omnibus film "Spirits of the Dead" but has been theatrically presented as a separate film.
D'Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared that he was ready to attack France to deliver Anne of Austria. D'Artagnan ends up arrested and thrown into prison. Musketeers wonder how to rescue their friend.
Laurent is theatrical director, his girl Valerie an aspiring actress. Their relationship begins to fracture when Valerie doesn’t get the role in Laurent’s play.
A young man who lives on women meets his match in the young wife of a rich industrialist. Their affair is doomed by her taste for luxury and his dislike of her coolness.
