A psychedelic re-telling of the biblical story. Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and after she fails to seduce the prophet John (The ...
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| Carmelo Bene | ... | Erode Antipa / Onorio | |
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Lydia Mancinelli | ... | Erodiade |
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Alfiero Vincenti | ... | Erodiade |
| Donyale Luna | ... | Salomè | |
| Veruschka von Lehndorff | ... | Myrrhina (as Veruschka) | |
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Piero Vida | ... | Narraboth |
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Franco Leo | ... | Cristo-Vampiro |
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Giovanni Davoli | ... | Iokanaan |
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Luciana Cante | ||
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Marco Carelli | ||
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Dakar | ||
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Ornella Ferrari | ||
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Tom Galleés | ||
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A psychedelic re-telling of the biblical story. Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and after she fails to seduce the prophet John (The Baptist) she dances for the King in order to ask for his execution. The story is told in a bizarre way of fast cuts, repetitive dialogue and extreme satire. Written by Alexander Kalaitzis
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full frontal nudity | pubic hair | female nudity | psychedelic | orgy |Genres:
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Country:
ItalyLanguage:
ItalianRelease Date:
20 October 1972 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
Salomé See more »Company Credits
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Composed by Robert Stolz, Bruno Cherubini
Lyrics by Ennio Neri
Sung by Henry Wright
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Italian censorship visa # 60831 delivered on August 11, 1972. See more »Soundtracks
Abat-jourComposed by Robert Stolz, Bruno Cherubini
Lyrics by Ennio Neri
Sung by Henry Wright
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There have been many films of the play "Salome", but none of them are anything like Carmelo Bene's version. The film is so bright, colorful and strange; it will make your head spin. The intro of the film contains a cartoon camel jumping through a loop, women getting spanked with feather paddles, a man slicing a watermelon with a machete and a women with beaded jewelry emerging from the water. Unfortunately, the only copy I could find didn't have subtitles. I really didn't need to understand the dialog to enjoy the strange and weird images. It's as if someone filmed Fellini Satyricon on a fixed budget, cut it into pieces, rearranged it and laced it with LSD style editing. That's why it is so darn entertaining. I first learned about Italian director Carmelo Bene from the book "Film as a Subversive Art" by Amos Vogel. This book changed the way I view films. I go out of my way to find surreal films like "Salome". It is strange, experimental and quite an experience. Don't watch this film on drugs, because the film is a drug in itself. A startling head trip of a film.