Le malizie di Venere (1969)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Massimo Dallamano

Writers:

Inge Hilger (writer)
Fabio Massimo (writer)

Release Date:

26 November 1969 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

What's the worst thing a man could do to a woman? ... WRONG!

Plot:

Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of...

Plot Keywords:

Voyeurism | Dominatrix | Sex | Taboo Sex | Erotica

Cast

Laura Antonelli	...	Wanda
Régis Vallée	...	Severin
Loren Ewing	...	Bruno (as Ewing Loren)
Renate Kasché	...	Gracia
Werner Pochath	...	Manfred
Mady Rahl	...	Helga
Wolf Ackva	...	Bailiff
Peter Heeg	...	Psychiatrist
Josil Raquel	...	Carmen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Kroll	...	Painter
Fred Newman	...	Gardener

Also Known As:

Venus in Furs (International: English title)
Devil in the Flesh (USA)
Fire in the Flesh (USA) (informal English title)
Venere nuda (Italy)
Venus im Pelz (West Germany)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

West Germany | Switzerland | Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 (re-rating) (2003) | UK:18 | Norway:(Banned) (1970-2003) (cinema release)

Company:

Roxy Films

Trivia:

It was filmed in 1969 just for the German market like Paroxismus (1969). In 1973 it was realized in Italy for the first time and immediately confiscated by the authorities. In 1975 it was realized again in Italy but after cutting all the sex scenes, substituted by plotless judicial scenes.

Sacher-Masoch swings!

'Venus In Furs' is a surprisingly good movie version of Sacher-Masoch's erotic classic of obsessive love. Updated to the present, which is obviously the 60s, director Massimo Dallamano (also responsible for the Helmut Berger 'Dorian Gray') manages to be quite faithful to the original story, and setting it in swinging Europe works very well. The beautiful Laura Antonelli (Fulci's 'The Eroticist') is well cast as the sensuous Wanda who is urged by her masochistic husband Severin (Regis Vallee) on to greater and greater heights of betrayal and sadistic game playing. Their passionate relationship takes them both to places they never anticipated and the movies final scene is neither predictable nor unsatisfying. This is an above average movie of its type. Fans of Eurosleaze like Franco's 'Succubus' and Berruti's 'Killer Nun' will dig it the most. I enjoyed it a lot.