Salon Kitty (1976)

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information ... See full summary »

Director:

Tinto Brass

Writers:

Tinto Brass (screenplay), Antonio Colantuoni (story),

Stars:

Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helmut Berger	...	Helmut Wallenberg
Ingrid Thulin	...	Kitty Kellermann
Teresa Ann Savoy	...	Margherita
John Steiner	...	Biondo
Sara Sperati	...	Helga, the dominatrix
Maria Michi	...	Hilde
Rosemarie Lindt	...	Susan
Paola Senatore	...	Marika
John Ireland	...	Cliff
Tina Aumont	...	Herta Wallenberg
Alexandra Bogojevic	...	Gloria
Dan van Husen	...	Rauss
Ullrich Haupt
Stefano Satta Flores	...	Dino
Bekim Fehmiu	...	Hans Reiter

Storyline

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | recording device | blackmail | nazi | germany | 

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Taglines:

Depraved. Decadent. Damned.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

Italy West Germany France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

21 January 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Madam Kitty

Filming Locations:

Dear Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coralta Cinematografica, Cinema Seven Film, Les Productions Fox Europa

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 110 min (heavily cut) 133 min (director's cut) 125 min (cut) 106 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ken Adam based his designs for Wallenberg's house on his memories of his parents' home in Berlin before the war.

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Goofs

When the general orders the prostitute to put on his boots, she slips them on after taking off only one of her shoes. The shoe she is unfastening also changes from one foot to the other between shots.

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Quotes

Helmut Wallenberg: What frightens you, what you see or what you don't?

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Connections

Featured in Designing 'Salon Kitty' (2003)

User Reviews

Best Nazi Eploitaion Film Ever

By any measure the best production in the Nazi exploitation genre available on DVD. Beautiful, lush cinematography and a provocative script make this one of Tinto Brass' finest films. Andy Warhol described Brass as Italy's best AND worst director, its easy to see why with this movie. While it contains all the prerequisite elements one would expect it manages to rise above mere sleaze, not there is anything wrong with sleaze I might add. It is the Citizen Kane of Nazi exploitation. Not necessarily what might be considered erotic, see Brass' Cheeky! or The Voyeur for titillation, it stands above the crowd creatively and artistically.