Così dolce... così perversa (1969)Director:Umberto Lenzi |
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Così dolce... così perversa (1969)Director:Umberto Lenzi |
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| Carroll Baker | ... |
Nicole Perrier
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| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... |
Jean Reynaud
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Erika Blanc | ... |
Danielle Reynaud
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Horst Frank | ... |
Klaus
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Helga Liné | ... |
Helene Valmont
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Ermelinda De Felice | ... |
Hotel proprietor
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Giovanni Di Benedetto | ... |
Monsieur Valmont
(as Gianni De Benedetto)
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Irio Fantini | ... |
Party guest
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Dario Michaelis | ... |
Police commissioner
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Renato Pinciroli | ... |
Porter
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Gianni Pulone | ... |
Press photographer
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Lucio Rama | ... |
Party guest
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Paola Scalzi | ... |
Helene's friend
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Luigi Sportelli | ... |
Party guest
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Beryl Cunningham | ... |
Black stripper
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Caroll Baker :from Elia Kazan and John Ford to Umberto Lanzi:what a fall!to be fair,you must underline she played opposite Nicholson -quite well- in the overlooked "ironweed" ;this is not the kind of movie Jean Louis Trintignant must be very proud of !two years after Claude Chabrol's "Les Biches " in which he slept with two bisexual women too.
The first part recalls a poor man's Chabrol,depicting the luxury world of the bourgeoisie .Trintignant ,a very earnest thespian,seems ill at ease ,but the women often strip bare ,to the viewer's great enjoyment.
The second part is Lenzi trying to make his own "Diaboliques" :the heroine 's first name is Nicole ,like in Clouzot's classic ;it's almost absolute plagiarism -except for the mediocre ending- ,including the "clues" Baker scatters to frighten her mate and to make her believe that her dear husband might possibly be still alive .
Take Dario Argento's movies instead:their screenplays ,though influenced by Hitchcock ,are much more exciting and original.