Contes immoraux (1974)

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 1974
Running Times: 103 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Argos Films
Producer: Anatole Dauman

SCRIPT
Script/Dialogue: Walerian Borowczyk
Story: La mare by André Pieyre de Mandiargues (The Tide)

DIRECTION
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Assistant Director: Dominique Duvergé

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Bernard Daillencourt, Guy Durban, Michel Zolat, Noël Véry

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Walerian Borowczyk

MUSIC
Music: Maurice Leroux, Guillaume de Machaut (Messe de Notre Dame)

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Piet Bolscher

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: Cinétitres

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Walerian Borowczyk

OTHER CREW
Production Assistants: Alain Cayrade, Bernard Grignon, Jean-Pierre Platel, Alain Herpe, Maxine Groffsky

CAST
Lise Danvers (Julie)
Fabrice Luchini (André)
Charlotte Alexandra (Thérèse)
Paloma Picasso (Erzsébet Báthory)
Pascale Christophe (Istvan)
Florence Bellamy (Lucrezia Borgia)
Jacopo Berinizi (Pope Alexander VI)
Lorenzo Berinizi (Cesar Borgia)
Nicole Karen
Robert Capia
Thomas Hnevsa
Gerard Tcherka
Mathieu Rivolier
Kjell Gustavsson
Philippe Desboeuf

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of four erotic stories. 1: The Tide - a student and his cousin make love on a secluded beach as the tide slowly rises; 2: Therese Philosophe - in the nineteenth century, a young woman is locked in her bedroom and passes the time masturbating and contemplating the erotic objects around her; 3: Erzsébet Báthory - a sixteenth-century countess retains her youth by bathing in the blood of virgins; 4. Lucrezia Borgia - the titular character indulges in an incestuous orgy with her brother and her father, the Pope.

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Cinépix Film Properties Inc

France
Theatrical Distributors: Argos Films
DVD Distributors: Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: The Movies

UK
Video Distributors: Nouveaux Pictures (NP0006)
DVD Distributors: Nouveaux Pictures (NPD1014)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New Line Cinema
Video Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment; Force Video
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment (DV 11079)

Finland
Rating: K-18

Netherlands
Rating: 18

Norway
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: X

1974
August
28: France - theatrical release

1975
January
16: Netherlands - theatrical release

1976
March
10: USA - shown at the New York City, New York

September
24: Finland - theatrical release

November
7: Sweden - theatrical release

1997
October
13: UK - video release (Nouveaux Pictures (NP0006))

2000
June
20: USA - DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment (DV 11079)

2003
June
30: UK - DVD release (Nouveaux Pictures (NPD1014))

POSTER TAGS

You Don't Have To Go To A Museum To See An X-Rated Picasso.

Contos Imorais - Portuguese title
Cuentos inmorales - Spanish title
Erkölcstelen mesék - Hungarian title
Immoral Tales
Moraalittomia tarinoita - Finnish title
Omoraliska historier - Sweden title
I racconti immorali di Borowczyk - Italian title
Unmoralische Geschichten - West German title

elizabeth bathory, incest, lesbianism, masturbation, the pope, sex, showers, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008