The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)

Original title

Docteur Jekyll et les Femmes

Directed by

Walerian Borowczyk

Genre

horror film, erotic film, gothic film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

K-18

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a Victorian house, Dr. Jekyll hosts a dinner party while his darker impulses take on a life of their own. The story follows the doctor's transformation and its effect on the people around him, including his fiancee Miss Osbourne.

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What happens

Docteur Jekyll et les femmes is a 1981 horror film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a variation on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon, and Gérard Zalcberg. The film, a co-production between France and West Germany, was released in France in 1981 and won an award for Best Feature Film Director at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival for Borowczyk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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