Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

1975, 30 January 1976

Part of the series

Q3998818

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Based on

The 120 Days of Sodom

Genre

drama film, art film, LGBTQ-related film, exploitation film, extreme cinema

Main subject

suicide, prostitution, World War II, incest, paraphilia, violence

Depicts

nudity, masturbation, sodomy, urolagnia, coprophagia, erotic humiliation, anilingus, suicide, burn, eye-gouging, scalping, hanging to death

after a work by

Marquis de Sade

aspect ratio (W:H)

1.85:1

assessment

Bechdel test

Australian Classification

R 18+

BBFC rating

18 certificate

cast member

Paolo Bonacelli, Caterina Boratto, Aldo Valletti, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Elsa De Giorgi, Antonio Orlando, Franco Merli, Antiniska Nemour, Ines Pellegrini, Guido Galletti, Hélène Surgère

characters

The Duke

CNC film rating (France)

no minors under sixteen

color

color

costume designer

Danilo Donati

country of origin

France, Italy

director of photography

Tonino Delli Colli

distributed by

United Artists, Netflix

distribution format

video on demand

duration

117

EIRIN film rating

R18+

film editor

Nino Baragli

film format

35 mm film

filming location

Salò, Cinecittà, Bologna, Gardeletta, Villa Riesenfeld

Filmiroda rating

Category IV

has characteristic

film based on a literary work

inspired by

The Divine Comedy

Kijkwijzer rating

16

Medierådet rating

For ages 15 and up

named after

Italian Social Republic, The 120 Days of Sodom

narrative location

Italy

original language of film or TV show

Italian, German, French

producer

Alberto Grimaldi

production company

United Artists

production date

24 February 1975, May 1975

production designer

Dante Ferretti

RARS rating

18+

review score

6.7/10, 71%

screenwriter

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Citti, Pupi Avati

set in period

1944

takes place in fictional universe

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom universe

title

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

voice actor

Giancarlo Vigorelli

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