Vice and Virtue (1963)
"Le vice et la vertu" (original title)

During the last year of the 2d world war, german officers keep young and pretty girls as prisoners in a French castle for their only sexual pleasure while the others are fighting... See full synopsis »

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Marquis de Sade (novel), Claude Choublier (adaptation),

Stars:

Annie Girardot, Catherine Deneuve, Robert Hossein

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Annie Girardot	...	Juliette Morand, Le vice
Catherine Deneuve	...	Justine Morand, la vertu
Robert Hossein	...	SS Col. Erik Schörndorf
O.E. Hasse	...	General von Bamberg
Philippe Lemaire	...	Hans Streicher
Serge Marquand	...	Ivan
Luciana Paluzzi	...	Héléna
Valeria Ciangottini	...	Manuela
Georges Poujouly	...	Lieutenant Hoech
Michel de Ré	...	Professeur Naroyortz, astrologue / Astrologer
Paul Gégauff	...	Le docteur S.S. / S.S. doctor
Jean-Pierre Honoré	...	Jean, époux de Justine
Howard Vernon	...	Un général S.S. / SS Man
Dorothée Blanck	...	La jeune militaire allemande (as Dorothée Blank)
Henri Virlojeux	...	L'intellectuel joueur d'échecs, président du tribunal

Storyline

During the last year of the 2d world war, german officers keep young and pretty girls as prisoners in a French castle for their only sexual pleasure while the others are fighting... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

1 March 1963 (France)

Also Known As:

Vice and Virtue

Company Credits

Production Co:

S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica, Trianon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Justine and Juliette (1975)

User Reviews

Pasolini owes nothing to Vadim!

Outside the fact that both works ("le vice et la vertu" and "salo' ) take place during WW2,it's absolutely impossible to compare an auteur like Pasolini to a mediocre third-rate drudge whose works have not worn well at all:"And God created woman" and the first version of "les liaisons dangereuses" are dated old hat stuff.

Vadim's movie is entertaining,if it's not taken literally:it's a farce which recalls erotic comics of the sixties,particularly the scenes in the baroque castle where Hossein and Girardot give the victims (including the latter's clueless sister Justine-Deneuve- and the future Bond villainess Luciana Paluzzi) a rough time .

Pasolini's work will hurt you,shock you,leave you completely depressed and exhausted .Vadim's will make you laugh ,and wonder why all these talented actors got lost is this masquerade.