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Corruption (1983)

Corruption poster
Directed by
Roger Watkins
Genre
crime, drama, horror
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NC-17
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Shady businessmen search for a special briefcase that gives its owner great power if they give up love. The story is a loose version of a Wagner opera set in the porn industry.

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What happens

Corruption is a 1983 American pornographic film written and directed by Roger Watkins under the pseudonym of Richard Mahler. The film, a loose adaptation of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, is about a group of shady businessmen seeking a mysterious briefcase which offers its owner untold power, on the condition that the owner renounce love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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