Venus in Furs (1969)
August 19, 1969Release Date
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
James Darren
Jimmy Logan
Barbara McNair
Rita
Maria Rohm
Wanda Reed / Venus
Maria Rohm
Wanda Reed
Klaus Kinski
Ahmed Kortobawi
Dennis Price
Percival Kapp
Margaret Lee
Olga
Adolfo Lastretti
Insp. Kaplan
Jesús Franco
Jazz Musician (uncredited) / Writer / Director / Story
Manfred Mann
Jazz Musician (uncredited) / Music
Paul Müller
Hermann (uncredited)
Mirella Pamphili
(uncredited)
Michael Pozen
Editor
Stu Phillips
Music
Stanley Frazen
Editor
Henry Batista
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 19, 1969
Original NameParoxismus
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
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This Movie Is About.
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Venus in Furs (Italian: Paroxismus) is a 1969 film directed by Jesús Franco. The plot involves jazz musician Jimmy Logan, who becomes obsessed with a mysterious fur-clad Wanda, later finding her dead body washed up on the beach. The film stars James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm and Klaus Kinski.
The film was one of the many productions Franco had made with film producer Harry Alan Towers. While earlier material produced with Towers leaned towards more pulp-oriented material such as The Blood of Fu Manchu (1969), Venus in Furs was more related to what academic Tatiana Pavlović described as sexploitation-related material. The film began shooting on October 1, 1968 and was first screened in Italy on August 19, 1969.
When the film was released in the United States as Venus in Furs, the version varied greatly from Paroxismus, being edited by distributors at American International Pictures. This version is what is seen on most releases since. In Italy, the film prints were confiscated after Italian courts found the film in " ‘complicity in an obscene spectacle"