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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Year:

1976

Duration:

116 min

Genres:

Drama | War

IMDB rate:

Director:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1976-01-10

Filming Locations: Salò, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

Earnings

Gross: SEK 1,786,578 (Sweden) Admissions 125,602 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sergio Fascetti

Franco Merli

Aldo Valletti

Paolo Bonacelli

The Duke

Giorgio Cataldi

The Bishop

Umberto Paolo Quintavalle

The Magistrate (as Umberto P. Quintavalle)

Caterina Boratto

Signora Castelli

Elsa De Giorgi

Signora Maggi

Hélène Surgère

Signora Vaccari (as Helene Surgere)

Sonia Saviange

The Pianist

Bruno Musso

Male Victim

Antonio Orlando

Male Victim

Claudio Cicchetti

Male Victim

Umberto Chessari

Male Victim

Lamberto Book

Male Victim

Gaspare Di Jenno

Male Victim

Giuliana Melis

Female Victim

Faridah Malik

Female Victim

Graziella Aniceto

Female Victim

Renata Moar

Female Victim

Dorit Henke

Female Victim

Antiniska Nemour

Female Victim (as Antinisca Nemour)

Benedetta Gaetani

Female Victim

Olga Andreis

Female Victim

Tatiana Mogilansky

Daughter

Susanna Radaelli

Daughter

Giuliana Orlandi

Daughter

Liana Acquaviva

Daughter

Rinaldo Missaglia

Guard

Giuseppe Patruno

Guard

Guido Galletti

Guard

Efisio Etzi

Guard

Claudio Troccoli

Collaborator

Fabrizio Menichini

Collaborator

Maurizio Valaguzza

Collaborator

Ezio Manni

Collaborator

Paola Pieracci

Wife

Carla Terlizzi

Wife

Anna Maria Dossena

Wife

Anna Recchimuzzi

Wife

Ines Pellegrini

The Slave Girl

Marco Lucantoni

First Male Victim (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Maurizio Costanzo worked on an early version of the script.

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The story is divided in an "Antinferno" (Hell's vestibule) and three "Gironi" (Hell's circles). This structure is a reference to Dante Alighieri's "Inferno".

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First part of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Death". The subsequent two parts were never filmed because Pasolini was murdered a few months after he had finished this movie. The trilogy was intended to complement the previous "Trilogy of Life", including The Decameron (1971), The Canterbury Tales (1972) and Arabian Nights (1974).

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Goofs

In the beginning of the film a 1948 Fiat 500 B can be seen.

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Quotes

Signora Vaccari: I was nine when my sister took me to Milan to meet Signora Calzetti. She examined me and asked if I wanted to work for her. I said I would, if the pay was good. My first client, a stout man named Vaccari, looked me over carefully. At once, I showed him my pussy, which I thought was very special. He covered his eyes: "Out of the question. I'm not interested in your vagina, cover it up." He covered me, making me lie down, and said "All these little whores know is to flaunt their vaginas. Now I shall have to recover from that disgusting sight."

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The President: [while eating a meal of feces] Carlo, do this with your fingers.

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The Duke: Your Excellency.

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Faq

Did anything in this movie happen in real life?

No, the entire movie is fiction based on the book "The 120 Days of Sodom" by Marquis de Sade.

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