Rating: NR
Genre: Horror
Theatrical Release: 01/10/1976(Italy)
Release Date: 08/26/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Gore, Torture
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

The final work of notorious Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, this film updates the Marquis de Sade's most extreme novel to fascist Italy in the final days of WW II. Dispensing with the novel's meditations on sexual liberation and the search for truth, Pasolini presents four decadents who kidnap dozens of young men and women and subject them to the most hideous forms of torture and perversion in an isolated villa. Rape, murder, and a coprophagic banquet are only the beginning of the atrocities on display. Photographed by Tonino Delli Colli, the film also features a lavish score by Ennio Morricone.

~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Paolo Bonacelli - The Duke
Giorgio Cataldi - The Bishop
Umberto Paolo Quintavalle - Chief Magistrate
Aldo Valletti - The President
Caterina Boratto - Signora Castelli
Elsa De Giorgi - Signora Vaccari
Hélène Surgère - Signora Vaccari
Sonia Saviange - The Piano Virtuoso
Sergio Fascetti - Masked Victim
Bruno Musso - Masked Victim
Antonio Orlando - Masked Victim
Claudio Cicchetti - Masked Victim
Franco Merli - Masked Victim
Umberto Chessari - Masked Victim
Lamberto Book - Masked Victim
Gaspare DiJenno - Masked Victim
Giuliana Melis - Female Victim
Faridah Malik - Female Victim
Graziella Aniceto - Female Victim
Renata Moar - Female Victim
Dorit Henke - Female Victim
Antinisca Nemour - Female Victim
Benedetta Gaetani - Female Victim
Olga Andreis - Female Victim
Tatiana Mogilansky - Young Woman
Susanna Radaelli - Young Woman
Giuliana Orlandi - Young Woman
Liana Acquaviva - Young Woman
Rinaldo Missaglia - Young soldier
Giuseppe Patruno - Young Soldier
Guido Galletti - Young Soldier
Efioso Etzi - Young Soldier
Claudio Troccoli - Collaborator
Fabrizio Menichini - Collaborator
Maurizio Valaguzza - Collaborator
Ezio Manni - Collaborator
Paola Pieracci - Procuress/servant
Carla Terlizzi - Procuress/servant
Anna Maria Dossena - Procuress/servant
Anna Recchimuzzi - Procuress/servant
Ines Pellegrini - The slavegirl
Marco Bellocchio - The President (Dubbed Voice)
Laura Betti - Signora Vaccari (Dubbed Voice)
Michel Piccoli - Voice of the Duke (French Version)

Production:
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Director
Alberto Grimaldi - Producer
Ennio Morricone - Composer
Nino Baragli Tatiana Casini - Editor
Pier Paolo Pasolini Sergio Citti - Screen Writer
Tonino Delli Colli - Cinematographer
Danilo Donati - Costume Designer
Ennio Morricone - Musical Direction/Supervision
Dante Ferretti - Production Designer
Marquis de Sade - Book Author

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