Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Paolo Bonacelli
Giorgio Cataldi
Uberto P Quintavalle
Caterina Boratto
Helene Surgere
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. In addition, there are four middle-aged women: three of whom recount arousing stories whilst the fourth accompanies on the piano. The story is largely taken up with their recounting the stories of Dante and De Sade: the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit and the Circle of Blood. Following this, the youths are executed whilst each libertine takes his turn as voyeur.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
Paolo Bonacelli
Giorgio Cataldi
Uberto P Quintavalle
Caterina Boratto
Helene Surgere
Sonia Saviange
Aldo Valletti
Elsa Degiorgi
Sergio Fascetti
Bruno Musso
Antonio Orlando
Claudio Cicchetti
Franco Merli
Umberto Chessari
Lamberto Book
Gaspare Dijenno
Giuliana Melis
Faridah Malik
Graziella Aniceto
Renata Moar
Dorit Henke
Antinisca Nemour
Benedetta Gaetani
Olga Andreis
Tatiana Mogilansky
Susanna Radaelli
Giuliana Oriandi
Liana Acquaviva
Rinaldo Missaglia
Giuseppe Patruno
Guido Galetti
Efisio Etzi
Claudio Troccoli
Fabrizio Menichini
Maurizio Valaguzza
Ezio Manni
Paola Pieracci
Carla Terlizzi
Anna Maria Dossena
Anna Recchimuzzi
Ines Pellegrini
Laura Betti
Marco Bellocchio
Crew
Fausto Ancillai
Umberto Angelucci
Luciano Anzellotti
Nino Baragli
Sandro Battaglia
Sergio Citti
Renzo David
Tonino Delli Colli
Osvaldo Desideri
Danilo Donati
Dante Ferretti
Antonio Girasante
Giancarlo Granatelli
Arnaldo Graziosi
Alberto Grimaldi
Fiorella Infacelli
Giorgio Loviscek
Alessandro Mattei
Ennio Morricone
Enzo Ocone
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Domenico Pasquadisceglie
Carboni Rocchetti
Giuseppina Sagliano
Alfredo Tiberi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
The "excrement" in the coprophagia scenes was a mixture of chocolate and orange marmalade.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1977
Released in United States April 5, 1990
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 5, 1990.
Shown at New York Film Festival September-October 1977.
Re-released in United Kingdom October 20, 2000.
Released in United States 1977 (Shown at New York Film Festival September-October 1977.)
Released in United States April 5, 1990 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 5, 1990.)
