Marquis de Sade is a 1996 American film about Marquis de Sade. It was part financed by Roger Corman (who had done some uncredited directing on a 1969 biopic of de Sade) and screened on Roger Corman Presents.
| Marquis de Sade | |
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| Directed by | Gwyneth Gibby |
| Written by | Craig J. Nevius |
| Starring | Nick Mancuso |
Production companies | New Horizons MosFilm |
| Distributed by | Showtime (US) |
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Running time | 93 mins |
| Countries | USA Russia |
| Language | English |
It is also known as Dark Prince: Intimate Tales of Marquis de Sade.[2]
The film was shot in Moscow.[3]
Premise
editA woman, Justine, searches for her lost sister, Juliette, and encounters the Marquis se Sade.
Cast
edit- Nick Mancuso as Marquis de Sade
- Janet Gunn as Justine
- John Rhys-Davies
- Charlotte Nielsen as Juliette
Reception
editAccording to one academic, the film gives a more sympathetic depiction of de Sade than usual, presenting him "as a roguish, swashbuckling anti-hero; a red-blooded, flamboyant and slightly ridiculous epicurean, whose pleasures are curtailed by his incarceration in the Bastille, facilitated by his outraged mother-in-law... He is presented as a Three Musketeers-style hero."[4]
Psychotronic Video said "Mancuso is too good for this project and has lots of (too much actually) dialog."[3]
References
editExternal links
edit- Marquis de Sade at IMDb
- Maquis de Sade at Letterbox DVD