Salò (Criterion Collection)
(1975)
Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer: Sergio Citti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pupi Avati
Language: English
Studio: Criterion Collection
Duration: 1
Rated: Unrated
DVD Release: October 2011
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.
Paolo Bonacelli | The Duke |
Giorgio Cataldi | The Bishop |
Umberto Paolo Quintavalle | The Magistrate (as Umberto P. Quintavalle) |
Aldo Valletti | The President |
Caterina Boratto | Signora Castelli |
Elsa De Giorgi | Signora Maggi |
Hélène Surgère | Signora Vaccari (as Helene Surgere) |
Sonia Saviange | The Pianist |
Sergio Fascetti | Male Victim |
Bruno Musso | Male Victim |
Antonio Orlando | Male Victim |
Claudio Cicchetti | Male Victim |
Franco Merli | 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) |
Umberto P. Quintavalle |
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Media: Blu-ray
IMDb: 0073650