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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)

Directed by Jesús Franco

Drama

Overview

Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who will claim not only her treasured virtue but also her life.

Rated R | Length 124 minutes

Actors

Jack Palance | Howard Vernon | Gérard Tichy | Klaus Kinski | Mercedes McCambridge | Horst Frank | Sylva Koscina | Rosalba Neri | Akim Tamiroff | Maria Rohm | José Manuel Martín | Harald Leipnitz | Gustavo Re | Claudia Gravy | Rosemary Dexter | Romina Power | Serena Vergano | Carmen de Lirio

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

a.k.a. Marquis de Sade: Justine.

Rather dry even for Franco. The book is way more salacious and really hammers home the sheer brutality that Justine endures. The movie really never goes that far depicting Justine as an average girl that makes due with a few brushes of bad luck. Never once does this film make the viewer really empathize for her as each situation doesn’t seem that bad. Overall it’s rather dull considering the source material. Watchable but so long it’s probably not worth the viewing except for Franco fans or de Sade enthusiasts.

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