Snuff (1978)

Mockumentary about a pornographic film starlet who commits suicide during the filming of a documentary about the adult film business, leading to the discovery of a snuff film.

Directors:

Andrzej Kostenko, Karl Martine

Writers:

Andrzej Kostenko, Robert H. Rimmer

Stars:

Carl Amery, Josephine Bayerl, Sonja Embriz

Cast

Credited cast:
Carl Amery	...	Himself
Josephine Bayerl	...	Herself
Sonja Embriz	...	Herself
Claudia Fielers	...	Herself
Robert Furch	...	Himself
Heinz Gerstl	...	Himself
Roswitha Geuther	...	Sich selber
Bernd Kramer	...	Himself
Bärbel Markus	...	Herself
Roman Polanski	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hasso Preiß	...	Himself
Waltraud Schaeffler	...	Herself
Sonja Spitzweg	...	Herself
Christina von Blanc
Frau Waldhofen	...	Herself

Storyline

Pornographer Robert Furch makes a movie inspired by "Lysistrata," he says. A documentary crew films the casting call, Furch's 14-day shoot, a lighting technician's becoming an actor, and the aftermath of the suicide (before filming ends) of Claudia Fielers, the film's leading lady. Comments by Roman Polanski, Carl Amery, and an unseen narrator connect the possibility of snuff films to the process of a commercial enterprise such as this and Fielers' suicide. Furch pleads innocent, cloaking his work in Protestant virtues. His posturings and his direction are comical; the commentary may be tongue in cheek. What about the appended snuff footage? Is this documentary for real?

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Plot Keywords:

snuff film | fake documentary | 

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Taglines:

Shocking, daring and frank.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 1978 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Confessions of a Blue Movie Star

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monopol Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "snuff film" is a deleted scene from Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left (1972).

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Crazy Credits

Closing Credits: The End and the end of all humanity

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Connections

Edited from The Last House on the Left (1972)

User Reviews

my brain just fell out

One of the strangest things I have ever had the pleasure to watch... It starts with some footage of an interview with Roman Polanski, presumably post-manson tragedy, talking out of context about snuff. This seems to have been bolted on to a fake documentary about the porn industry, which in itself is an intriguing piece of film - highly comic one minute and serious the next, but never paticularily salacious or graphic considering the year of release and subject matter, although a brief snippet of hardcore is visible near the end, this may well be an insert judging by the obviously faked nature of the rest of the film. When the original film should have ended (although it kind of just peters out) there is a short segment where a 'snuff' film-maker (with a very pretty paper bag over his head!) is interviewed The most amazing thing about this segment is that the 'snuff' film shown consists of gore shots that were cut from the classic 'last House on the Left'! Amazing stuff, I'm sure you'll agree...

Bad film fans really need to see this. I was given a dupe from what looked like a very old video release but could have come from the print itself.

Enjoy!