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TV series

Theatre Macabre

1971 · Ended

Overview

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.

Cast

54

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Christopher LeeSelf – Host

Zdzisław MaklakiewiczServer

Bronisław Pawlik

Aleksandra Zawieruszanka

Władysław Hańcza

Petar SlabakovBandit

Andrzej Łapicki

Wiesław Gołas

Magdalena ZawadzkaZinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina 'Zinochka'

Wojciech SzymańskiVladimir Petrovich

Leon Niemczyk

Henryk Boukołowski

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Bogomil SimeonovMateo

Anna MilewskaGiuseppa

Georgi PartsalevSergeant

Iwajło SimeonowFortunato

Jadwiga Chojnacka

Jan Machulski

Ryszard Ronczewski

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Anna Ciepielewska

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Zdzisław Kuźniar

Jerzy Przybylski

Krzysztof Kalczyński

Jerzy Karaszkiewicz

Elżbieta Góralczyk

Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Władysław Jarema

Aleksander Bardini

Jerzy Kamas

Tadeusz FijewskiLawyer Thomas

Iza NowocinGirl

Aleksander FogielConcierge

Barbara HorawiankaMother

Janusz Kłosiński

Alicja ZommerNeighbor

Czesław Wołłejko

Witold Dębicki

Marzena Trybała

Roman Wilhelmi

Stefan Friedmann

Joanna Kasperska

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Piotr Wysocki

Teresa Tuszyńska

Maria Ciesielska

Gustaw Holoubek

Andrzej Hrydzewicz

Wanda Koczeska

Andrzej Antkowiak

Ewa Krzyżewska

Josef Duriasz

TMDB ID: 126822 ↗
First aired: 1971-10-01
Last aired: 1972-03-10
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 610 min
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Creators: Ben Kadish
Countries: PL
Languages: English, Polish

Ratings

TMDB audience3.0/103 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

—Not rated in United States of America (US)

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (2)

14+Canada (CA)

Programming intended for viewers ages 14 and older. May contain strong violence and strong profanity, and depictions of sexual activity as long as they are within the context of a story.

B-15Mexico (MX)

Designed for ages 15 and up (allowed only between 19:00 and 05:59).

Seasons

Season 124 episodes

Crew

Directing15

Stanisław LenartowiczDirector Czesław PetelskiDirector Ewa PetelskaDirector Janusz MajewskiDirector Andrzej ŻuławskiDirector Sylwester ChęcińskiDirector Jan BudkiewiczDirector Jerzy ZarzyckiDirector Ryszard RydzewskiAssistant Director Stanisław JędrykaDirector Jan LaskowskiDirector Stanisław RóżewiczDirector Andrzej WróbelAssistant Director Jadwiga Plucinska-SkrzepinskaAssistant Director Witold LesiewiczDirector

Writing38

Zdzisław SkowrońskiAdaptation Ivan TurgenevNovel, Short Story Janusz MajewskiAdaptation Czesław PetelskiAdaptation Andrzej ŻuławskiAdaptation Jan BudkiewiczAdaptation Mirosław ŻuławskiAdaptation Ambrose BierceShort Story Stanisław LenartowiczAdaptation Jerzy Stefan StawińskiAdaptation Ewa PetelskaAdaptation Robert Louis StevensonShort Story Edgar Allan PoeShort Story Ziemowit FedeckiAdaptation Alexandre DumasShort Story Jerzy SzeskiAdaptation Aleksey TolstoyNovel Nikolai GogolShort Story Wilkie CollinsShort Story Giovanni BoccaccioShort Story Mikhail LermontovShort Story Andrzej JareckiAdaptation Witold LesiewiczAdaptation Alexander PushkinShort Story Prosper MériméeShort Story Mark TwainShort Story Stefan ŻeromskiWriter Aleksei TolstoyShort Story Oscar WildeShort Story Jan BorkowskiAdaptation Andrzej WajdaAdaptation Andrzej CzałbowskiAdaptation Jan LaskowskiAdaptation Bolesław PrusShort Story Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamShort Story Stanisław RóżewiczAdaptation Fyodor DostoevskyShort Story Tadeusz RóżewiczAdaptation

Production6

Murray B. SilvermanExecutive Producer Ben KadishProducer Lechosław SzuttenbachAssistant Production Manager Tadeusz UrbanowiczProduction Manager Włodzimierz ŚliwińskiProduction Manager Mieczysław AdlerAssistant Production Manager

Editing2

Roy TaylorSupervising Editor Wiesława OtockaEditor

Art4

John HowellArt Direction Marek IwaszkiewiczSet Decoration Anatol RadzinowiczProduction Design Wiesław ŚniadeckiProduction Design

Costume and makeup2

Tadeusz SchosslerMakeup Artist Bożena GrunCostume Design

Sound13

Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer Adam WalacińskiMusic Arranger, Original Music Composer Andrzej KorzyńskiOriginal Music Composer Bohdan MazurekOriginal Music Composer Jerzy MaksymiukOriginal Music Composer Andrzej MundkowskiOriginal Music Composer Lucjan KaszyckiOriginal Music Composer Jan BorkowskiOriginal Music Composer Modeste MoussorgskyMusic Józef BartczakSound Nikodem Wołk-ŁaniewskiSound Tadeusz BairdOriginal Music Composer Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer

Camera5

Franciszek KądziołkaCamera Operator Jan LaskowskiDirector of Photography Mieczysław JahodaDirector of Photography Jerzy StawickiCamera Department Manager Edward KłosińskiDirector of Photography

Crew2

Robert MarshallAdditional Dialogue Jesse Lasky Jr.Additional Dialogue

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