Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1700s France, two orphan sisters take different paths. Juliette becomes a prostitute and marries a rich noble. Justine is falsely arrested, sentenced to death, and escapes prison to live as a fugitive.

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What happens

Marquis de Sade: Justine (Italian: Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù, lit. 'Justine or the misadventures of virtue', also released as Deadly Sanctuary) is a 1969 erotic period drama film directed by Jesús Franco, written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, and based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade. It stars Romina Power as the title character, with Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski, Akim Tamiroff, Harald Leipnitz, Rosemary Dexter, Horst Frank, Sylva Koscina and Mercedes McCambridge. The film is set in 1700s France where Justine (Power) and her sister Juliette (Rohm) are orphans in Paris. Juliette becomes a prostitute and marries a rich noble. Justine is falsely arrested and sentenced to death, then escapes from prison to become a fugitive. The film was an international co-production between West Germany and Italy. Justine had Franco's largest budget to date, of just under a million dollars. Franco originally wanted to cast Rosemary Dexter as Justine, but was convinced to cast Romina Power in the role, which led to Franco changing the story to suit her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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