France, 1969
92m
35mm film, colour
mono, French
A French horror film directed by Jacques Scandelari.
Plot Summary
At a heavily guarded country mansion, Zenoff stumbles upon a sadistic orgy presided over by the libertine Yald. Zenoff is even more shocked when Yald announces that he’s about to marry the woman Zenoff loves and that all of his guests are expected to have sex with her.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Jacques Scandelari
Allied Artists Pictures presents a Robert de Nesle production. An Allied Artists Classics presentation [all US version]
Produced by: Robert de Nesle
Screenplay: Jean Stuart, Jean Pierre Deloux, Jacques Scadelari
English Dialogue: Gertrude Miller
Director of Photography: Jean-Marc Ripert
Editor: Roger Ikhlef
Original Music: Jean-Claude Pelletier
English Version: Stan Rosenthal
Costumes: Jean Bouquin
Makeup and Masks: Jean D’Estrees
Hairdoes and Wigs: Jacques Moisant
Cast
Souchka
Fred Saint-James
Michel Lablais
Sabry
Milarka Nervi
Marc Coutant
Paul Pehel
Chauncey
Serge Halsdorf
Ursule Pauly
Doris Thon
Dominique Tortel
Alternative Titles
Aşkın ve Günahın Ötesinde – Turkey
Beyond Love and Evil – USA
Decameron francese – Italy
Das Paradies – West Germany
Philosophy in A Boudoir – UK
Sade 76 – France (re-release)
Sade Story – France (video)
O thriamvos tou erota – Greece
Links
Extracts included in
Ravissements (1990)
References
Periodicals
- Le Film Francais no.1317 (28 November 1969 p.6 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.215 no.12 (4 March 1971) p.11
- The Horror Elite no.6 (January 1977) pp.11-12
- Image et Son no.272 (May 1973) pp.35-37 – interview with Jacques Scandelari
- Variety 17 March 1971 p.26
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee pp.32-33 – credits
