Version of the 18th-century marquis's life with Keir Dullea as the sensualist who became an expert on debauchery. Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer. Renee: Anna Massey. Abbe: John Huston. Rose: Uta Levka. La Beauvoisin: Sonja Ziemann. De Sade's Mistress: Christiane Kruger. De Sade as a Boy: Max Kiebach. The movie was filmed in Germany.
This awful attempt to do a movie biography of the Marquis de Sade falls flat, with embarrassing performances from all of the actors (especially from Huston, who didn't mention his participation in this debacle in his autobiography).