L'Uomo della sabbia (The Sandman) is the first episode of the 1981 RAI horror anthology series I Giochi del Diavolo (The Devil's Games). It is based on the short story Der Sandmann (1816) by E.T.A. Hoffmann. 　　Hotheaded, romantic student Nathaniel conceives a passion for the professor's daughter, Olympia. Others, though, say she has no soul, even that her singing and dancing are ...