De Sade
Cast & Crew
Cy Endfield
Keir Dullea
Senta Berger
Lilli Palmer
John Huston
Anna Massey
Film Details
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Synopsis
The Marquis de Sade escapes from an insane asylum where he has been confined for committing unnatural sex acts and for his opposition to the French royalty. The marquis takes refuge in the ruined mansion where he was reared, and there he meets his uncle, the Abbé de Sade, who forces the marquis to remember his past life. The abbé has the marquis beaten by a young maidservant until the young man is unable to distinguish between pleasure and pain. Eventually, the marquis develops sexual proclivities for flagellation and orgies. He is sent to prison to correct his behavior, but he reacts by writing bitter attacks on the government. Upon his release, he is forced to wed the unattractive Renée de Montreuil. The marquis finally consents to the marriage because he has fallen in love with Anne de Montreuil, the sister of his fiancée. De Sade continues his debaucheries in brothels, pursued by the police. He attempts to elope with Anne, but she dies of the plague. De Sade then leaves his uncle, who has evidently enjoyed inflicting pain on his nephew.
Director
Cy Endfield
Cast
Keir Dullea
Senta Berger
Lilli Palmer
John Huston
Anna Massey
Uta Levka
Herbert Weissbach
Christiane Laura Krüger
Sonja Ziemann
Max Kiebach
Barbara Stanyk
Maria Caleita
Heinz Spitzner
Friedrich Schönfelder
Susanne Von Almassy
Tilly Lauenstein
Ortrud Gross
Susanne Hsiao
Rolf Eden
Eva-maria Gebel
Crew
Richard Angst
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Freddy Arnold
Max Benedict
The Berlin Symphony
Artur Brauner
Cinefx
Roger Corman
Sandy Dvore
Alexander Ebermayer Von Richthofen
Herbert Geier
Pat Green
Peter Hahne
Hermann Haller
Vangie Harrison
Gordon Hessler
Louis M. Heyward
Lothar Hohlfield
Jürgen Kiebach
Wolfram Kohtz
Richard Matheson
Barbara Naujok
James H. Nicholson
Heinz Pehlke
Ryder Sound Service
Billy Strange
Peter Zeumer
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Berlin, Charlottenburg, and Coburg. Released in West Germany in August 1970 as Das ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade; running time: 100 min. Alternative German title: Der Marquis de Sade.
