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Release Date:
3 October 1973 (USA)
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Tagline:
The kinkiest caper of the year!
Plot:
A young American woman (Sydne Rome) traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right...
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Okay...So it WAS like Alice in Wonderland
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marcello Mastroianni | ... | Alex | |
| Sydne Rome | ... | Nancy | |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Joseph Noblart | |
| Guido Alberti | ... | Priest | |
| Gianfranco Piacentini | ... | Tony | |
| Carlo Delle Piane | ... | Young Oaf #1 in Car | |
| Mario Bussolino | ... | Young Oaf #2 in Car | |
| Henning Schlüter | ... | Catone | |
| Christiane Barry | ... | Dresser | |
| Pietro Tordi | ... | Man-Servant | |
| Nerina Montagnani | ... | Chambermaid | |
| Mogens von Gadow | ... | German | |
| Dieter Hallervorden | ... | German | |
| Elisabeth Witte | ... | Nurse | |
| John Karlsen | ... | Edward |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Diary of Forbidden Dreams (USA) (recut version)
Quoi? (France)
Was? (West Germany)
What? (International: English title)
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Quoi? (France)
Was? (West Germany)
What? (International: English title)
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Runtime:
114 min | Argentina:115 min | USA:112 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:18 |
UK:18 |
Australia:M |
West Germany:16 |
USA:R (re-rating) (1976) |
USA:X (original rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15
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When producer Robert Evans was trying to coax Roman Polanski to direct Chinatown (1974), he found Polanski thoroughly absorbed with this film, to the extent that he had bought a 50% share in it. Evans eventually lured Polanski by saying that whatever "What" made in its opening week, he would pay him as his salary for directing "Chinatown". Polanski readily agreed to this, expecting "What" to do well as he considered it the best thing he had done up to that point. Unluckily for Polanski, "What" only grossed $64 on its first week.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Nancy's hands are well manicured throughout the movie, but quite ordinary during close-ups, when she's supposedly playing the piano.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Surreal Pop Movie (2008) (V)
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This was a movie that I'd checked out years ago and was intrigued enough to buy it for another viewing. It is beautifully dated as evidenced by the film quality and the attitudes towards sex.
The main character is a young woman hitchhiking across Europe. After a violent encounter with what has to be the most inept rapists that Europe has ever produced, she escapes via cable-car. Suddenly, she is in a house that is filled with loonies.
There is a large table, set for dozens and, most of the time, void of diners...save Alice. There is the pimp who, despite his cruelty and rudeness, seduces the young American girl. There is Mosquito, a small man with a deformed face and a speargun...
This movie is strange. It treats as normal the oddest situations; however, it gets strangest when the situations are at their most normal: A piano duet, a middle-aged couple unpacking...
I would give it three and a half out of five. Probably one of Polanski's best...