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Director:
Jesús Franco
Writer:
Harry Alan Towers
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Release Date:
21 February 1970 (Japan) See more »
Genre:
Horror | Drama See more »
Tagline:
Her body is bruised and embraced beyond her wildest dreams...
Plot:
A young woman is sold into a life of servitude where she becomes the sexual plaything of a rich and depraved married couple. | Add synopsis »
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A waste of time only if you're looking just for a cheap skin flick See more (19 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Maria Rohm ... Marianne / Madame Saint Ange
Marie Liljedahl ... Eugenie
Jack Taylor ... Mirvel

Christopher Lee ... Dolmance
Paul Muller ... Mistival
María Luisa Ponte ... Madame Mistival (as Ingrid Swenson)
Anney Kablan ... Augustin (as Kaplan)
Uta Dahlberg ... Therese
Herbert Fux ... Hardin
Nino Korda ... Roches
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jesús Franco ... Man on red ritual scene (uncredited)
Colette Giacobine ... Colette (uncredited)
Kathy Lagarde ... Maid (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jesús Franco  (as Jess Franco)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Marquis de Sade  novel "La Philosophie dans le boudoir" (uncredited)
Harry Alan Towers  (as Peter Welbeck)

Produced by
Harry Alan Towers .... producer (as Peter Welbeck)
 
Original Music by
Hans Günther Leonhardt 
Bruno Nicolai 
 
Cinematography by
Manuel Merino 
 
Music Department
Luca di Silverio .... soundtrack album producer
Anney Kablan .... performer: song (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Eugenie" - Spain (original title)
"The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion" - International (English title)
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Runtime:
West Germany:81 min | USA:87 min | Argentina:92 min
Country:
Spain | West Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:18 | Australia:R | USA:X | Germany:16 | West Germany:18 (Spio-Kommission-X) | Canada:18+ (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Barcelona, Cataluña, SpainSee more »
Company:
Hape-Film Company GmbHSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Christopher Lee claims he had no idea this was softcore porn until he actually saw the movie. His scenes were shot, and then edited in with the sex scenes later.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Perversion Stories (2002) (V)See more »

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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
A waste of time only if you're looking just for a cheap skin flick, 20 July 2006
Author: summerisle from Germany

This is an film which is based on the book "Philosophy in the Boudoir" by the Marquis de Sade. Originally written in 1795, it is perhaps the most representative of all the Marquis de Sade's works. The script very cleverly adapts the original story for the modern time (that is 1970). Dialog is brilliant (Christopher Lee is mostly reading the original text by de Sade). Music is excellent. Acting is superb by all actors, most notably Maria Rohm, Jack Taylor and Christopher Lee. Marie Liljedahl is very convincing as the innocent young girl (she was just 19 while shooting). I don't like the idea to have an even younger actress for the part (like some other comment here seems to advise)! The cinematography fascinatingly uses the space on screen in focusing (and sometimes not focusing) different aspects of the image. But I must admit that this technique works much better on the big screen. Luckily I had the possibility the see this amazing piece of art in a theatrical screening. The film is highly recommended if you like the work of Luis Bunuel, Orson Welles, Douglas Sirk, Roman Polanski, Perdo Almodovar or David Lynch.

That all said, avoid the film if your just looking for a cheap skin flick. You won't find it here. Go to your next videostore and rent something else: "If you want to watch porn, then buy the real thing" (like one other reviewer said). This one has absolutely nothing to do with porn. If you never heard of de Sade and if you have no interest in art and an experimental approach of film-making, you will find this film boring, stupid and you won't understand what's it about.

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