director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
starring: Paolo Bonacelli ·
Giogio
Cataldi ·
Elsa
de Giorgi
· Aldo
Valletti
····
Set
in Nazi-controlled northern Italy circa 1944, four dignitaries capture
sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them to a palace near Marzabotto.
The story (loosely based on the infamous novel by the Marquis de Sade)
is largely taken up with the men recounting stories of debauchery after
which the youths are tortured and executed.
A European
import (not the American out-of-print release); widescreen (16:9), uncut
115 minutes, encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable in any American
DVD machine; in Italian language, with removable English subtitles.
Graphic
Violence/Adult Material/Nudity/Rape/S&M:
For Adult Viewers Only.