Aphrodite (1982)

Harry is a young millionaire on holiday; he takes his yacht to a Greek island, and stays in the mansion of his friend, Count Orloff. The Count organizes a feast there, for three days and ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Fuest

Writers:

Pierre Louÿs (novel), John Melson (screenplay),

Stars:

Horst Buchholz, Valérie Kaprisky, Catherine Jourdan

Cast

Cast overview:
Horst Buchholz	...	Harry Laird
Valérie Kaprisky	...	Pauline
Catherine Jourdan	...	Valerie
Delia Boccardo	...	Barbara
Capucine	...	Lady Suzanne Stanford
Yves Massard	...	Baron Orloff
Daniel Beretta	...	Mark
Paolo Baroni
Monica Nickel	...	Julie
Carmelo Petix
Nicole Norden
Vanessa Weill
Lydia Dalbret

Storyline

Harry is a young millionaire on holiday; he takes his yacht to a Greek island, and stays in the mansion of his friend, Count Orloff. The Count organizes a feast there, for three days and three nights, which is the reenactment of the love cult of the Goddess Aphrodite. Harry will meet Pauline there, a young woman who becomes his goddess... (Loosely based on Pierre Louïs's novel, "Aphrodite".)

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Plot Keywords:

masturbation | female frontal nudity | lesbianism | bath | consensual sex | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France UK West Germany Switzerland

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 July 1982 (France)

Also Known As:

Afrodite

Filming Locations:

Cyprus

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films de la Tour, Raoul Katz et Cie., Carlton Film Export

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

User Reviews

Junky Eurotrash 'erotic' period piece

Setting this piece of period drivel in 1914 suggests that the creators were trying to add significance by telling a tale of upper class decadence as Europe teetered on the brink of war, but chalk this up as another in a long list of failed ambitions for this piece of drek. Every erotic taste is featured here: voyeurism, costumes, role-playing and partner-swapping as events lead up to the main event, a re-creation of a classical Greek orgy. However, while the settings are pretty to look at, the performances are so drab, the script so lacking in energy and wit and the direction so pedestrian that it all makes for a boring, empty spectacle. Plus, the English-dubbed North American version appears to be a few minutes shorter than the European version, indicating some scissoring by censors. Avoid.