Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)
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Cast & Crew.
Paolo Bonacelli
The Duke
Giorgio Cataldi
The Bishop
Uberto Paolo Quintavalle
The Magistrate
Aldo Valletti
The President
Caterina Boratto
Signora Castelli
Elsa De Giorgi
Signora Maggi
Hélène Surgère
Signora Vaccari
Sonia Saviange
The Pianist
Sergio Fascetti
Sergio - Male Victim
Bruno Musso
Carlo Porro - Male Victim
Antonio Orlando
Tonino - Male Victim
Bruno Musso
Carlo Porro - Vittima (Maschio)
Claudio Cicchetti
Male Victim
Franco Merli
Male Victim
Umberto Chessari
Male Victim
Lamberto Book
Lamberto Gobbi - Male Victim
Gaspare Di Jenno
Rino - Male Victim
Giuliana Melis
Female Victim
Faridah Malik
Fatimah - Female Victim
Graziella Aniceto
Female Victim
Renata Moar
Female Victim
Dorit Henke
Doris - Female Victim
Antiniska Nemour
Female Victim
Benedetta Gaetani
Female Victim
Olga Andreis
Eva - 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
Alessandro Gennari
OVRA Officer (uncredited)
Marco Lucantoni
First Male Victim (uncredited)
Dante Trazzi
Boys Recruiter (uncredited)
Anna Troccoli
First Female Victim (uncredited)
Arnaldo Graziosi
Musician
Vanni Castellani
Costume Assistant
Giuseppina Sagliano
Boom Operator
Fiorella Infascelli
Second Assistant Director
Antonio Girasante
Production Manager / Producer
Alberto De Stefanis
Unit Manager / Producer
Ugo De Rossi
Assistant Editor
Domenico Pasqua Di Bisceglie
Sound
Giorgio Loviscek
Sound
Massimo Anzellotti
Sound Effects Editor
Angelo Zemella
Production Supervisor
Nino Baragli
Editor
Alberto Grimaldi
Presenter / Producer
Osvaldo Desideri
Set Decoration / Makeup Artist
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director / Writer
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Maria Teresa Barbasso
Draughtsman
Renzo David
Production Supervisor
Nico Naldini
Publicist
Enzo Ocone
Post Production Coordinator
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Emilio Bestetti
Camera Operator
Alfredo Tiberi
Special Effects / Makeup Artist
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Novel
Alfredo Menchini
Assistant Editor
Giusy Bovino
Hairstylist
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Carlo Tafani
Camera Operator
Sandro Battaglia
First Assistant Camera
Beatrice Banfi
Script Supervisor
Deborah Imogen Beer
Still Photographer
Umberto Angelucci
First Assistant Director
Alessandro Mattei
Production Supervisor
Giancarlo Granatelli
Second Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 1976
Original NameSalò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Budget$800,000
Box Office$1,800,000
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Wiki.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Italian: Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma), billed on-screen as Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò (Italian: [saˈlɔ]), is a 1975 art horror film directed and co-written by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is a loose adaptation of the 1785 novel (first published in 1904) The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade, updating the story's setting to the World War II era. It was Pasolini's final film, released three weeks after his murder.
The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupt Italian libertines in the time of the fascist Republic of Salò (1943–1945). The libertines kidnap 18 teenagers and subject them to four months of extreme violence, sadism, genital torture and psychological torture. The film explores themes of political corruption, consumerism, authoritarianism, nihilism, morality, capitalism, totalitarianism, sadism, sexuality, and fascism. The story is in four segments, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy: the Anteinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit, and the Circle of Blood. The film also contains frequent references to and several discussions of Friedrich Nietzsche's 1887 book On the Genealogy of Morality, Ezra Pound's poem The Cantos, and Marcel Proust's novel sequence In Search of Lost Time.
Premiering at the Paris Film Festival on 23 November 1975, the film had a brief theatrical run in Italy before being banned in January 1976, and was released in the United States the following year on 3 October 1977. Because it depicts youths subjected to graphic violence, torture, sexual abuse, and murder, the film was controversial upon its release and has remained banned in many countries.
The confluence of thematic content in the film—ranging from the political and socio-historical, to psychological and sexual—has led to much critical discussion. It has been both praised and decried by various film historians and critics and was named the 65th-scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006.