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Director:
Writers:
Claude Brulé (adaptation)
Choderlos de Laclos (novel)
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Release Date:
18 December 1961 (USA) more
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Plot:
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both... more | add synopsis
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Not as scandalous as it thinks. more (9 total)

Cast

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Jeanne Moreau ... Juliette de Merteuil
Gérard Philipe ... Vicomte de Valmont
Annette Vadim ... Marianne Tourvel
Madeleine Lambert ... Mme Rosemonde
Jeanne Valérie ... Cécile Volanges
Nicolas Vogel ... Jerry Court
Boris Vian ... Prévan
Gillian Hills ... Une amie de Cécile
Paquita Thomas ... Nicole
Jean-Louis Trintignant ... Danceny
Simone Renant ... Mme Volanges
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dangerous Liaisons 1960
Dangerous Love Affairs (USA) (promotional title)
Les liaisons dangereuses (UK)
Les liaisons dangereuses 1960
Relazioni pericolose (Italy)
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Runtime:
Germany:95 min | USA:106 min | Argentina:105 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Referenced in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004) more

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Not as scandalous as it thinks., 12 October 2002
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Author: manxman-1 from bahamas

Interesting adaptation of the infamous Laclos classic, this movie was banned in England on it's original release. Difficult to understand why by today's standards. The movie is introduced by director Roger Vadim who basically warns that everyone is going to be bad, bad, bad. He then appears to head off to the nearest cafe for a nasty cigarette and a vile cup of coffee. Given that the movie was made a decade before the sexual revolution of the 1970's it must have had an aura of scandal about it at the time but is strictly tied to the 1950's and suffers from the inhibitions of the period. Very French, very stylish and well acted by the principals the storyline holds up but the cynicism and callousness of the original book are missing. Still, it's never boring and worth seeing for the performances and the direction that later, more explicit movies would take.

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