Immoral Tales (1974)
Overview
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 20.324 |
Directed By
Walerian Borowczyk
Crew
Walerian Borowczyk
Michel Zolat
Piet Bolscher
Dominique Duvergé
Noël Véry
Guy Durban
Anatole Dauman
Bernard Daillencourt
Maurice Le Roux
Alain Cayrade
Alain Herpe
Maxine Groffsky
Jean-Pierre Platel
Bernard Grignon
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk
Walerian Borowczyk
TOP CAST
Lise Danvers
Julie - Story 1
Fabrice Luchini
André - Story 1
Charlotte Alexandra
Thérèse - Story 2
Lisbeth Hummel
Lucy Broadhurst - Story 3
Paloma Picasso
Elisabeth Bathory - Story 4
Pascale Christophe
Istvan - Story 4
Florence Bellamy
Lucrezia Borgia - Story 5
Lorenzo Berinizi
Caesar Borgia - Story 5
Jacopo Berinizi
Pope Alexander VI - Story 5
Philippe Desboeuf
Hyeronimus Savonarola - Story 5
Marie Forså
Silver Blonde in Close-Up Girl - Story 3 (uncredited)
Florence Dauman
Hungarian Girl - Story 4 (uncredited)
Sirpa Lane
Romilda (uncredited)
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