Justine och Juliette (1975)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Mac Ahlberg

Writers:

Mac Ahlberg (writer)
Marquis de Sade (novel)

Release Date:

June 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Adult

Plot Keywords:

Female Full Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity | Explicit Sex | Sex | Hardcore

Cast

Marie Forså	...	Justine Karlsson (as Marie Lynn)
Anne Bie Warburg	...	Juliette Karlsson
Harry Reems	...	Don Miller
Felix Franchy	...	Robert
Bent Warburg	...	Alfred
William Kisum	...	Mr. Osborn
Poul Bundgaard	...	Mr. Nikander
Kate Mundt	...	Madame
Brigitte Maier	...	Bibi, Roberts girlfriend
Otto Brandenburg	...	Portier
Bert Bellman	...	Roberts friend
Jim Steffe	...	Roberts friend
Keld Holm	...	Don Millers bodyguard
Ulla Sandö	...	Ulla
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eva Axén	...	Juliettes lesbian playmate
Louise Frevert	...	Woman dancing at party
Nina Gunke	...	Woman at Madames first party
Rune Hallberg	...	Alfred (voice)
Lisbeth Olsen	...	Woman having sex at party
Pia Rydberg	...	Woman eating banana

Also Known As:

Justine and Juliette (UK)
Swedish Minx

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:18 (uncut version) | Finland:(Banned) (1977) | Sweden:15

Company:

Filminvest AB

Movie Connections:

Version of Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)

Better than "The Wonder Years", but it sure ain't good

Now here's something you don't see very often--a hardcore Swedish adaptation of the Marquis de Sade directed by a man who later became a highly respected Hollywood cinematographer lensing productions like TV's "The Wonder Years". Unfortunately, it's not very good (although, god knows, it's better than "The Wonder Years"). It takes the Marquis DeSade's story of two sisters, a virtuous one who suffers and a sinful one who prospers in world that above all things is cruel, and turns it into a stupid modern (as of 1975 anyway)sex comedy.

The two leads, Joe Sarno-regular Maria Forse who plays Justine and the unknown who plays Juliette get naked a lot, but don't really participate in the hardcore sex scenes. That is left to the anonymous extras and American porn star Harry Reems (hilariously dubbed into Swedish) who once again shows off his monstrous manhood and even more monstrous moustache as he plays an American millionaire (even though as I said he is dubbed into Swedish)who has promised his fortune to whatever woman can give him a heart attack during sex.

Like the vast majority of Eurotica that crosses into hardcore this film has WAY too many long sex scenes and will bore the holy hell out of anyone NOT watching it for ceiling-painting purposes. Maria Forse is very cute, but not a particularly talented actress and the other performer's talents descend precipitously from there. Worst of all, it is very obviously NOT in the spirit of the Marquis de Sade (torturing only the viewers). I'd recommend instead other flawed adaptations of the same tale like Jess Franco's "Marquis de Sade's Justine" or "Cruel Passions" with the ever delectable Koo Stark. This is one to avoid