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Crossing the Boundary between Eroticism and Perversion : Tinto Brass Showcase

Salon Kitty

Tinto BRASS

Italy / West Germany / France1976 133min HD Color

Synopsis

An Italy-France-West Germany coproduction from 1976, this is an erotic tale based on the novel by Peter Norden, covering the real-life events of the Sicherheitsdienst taking over a costly Salon Kitty brothel in Berlin, wire-tapping the place and replacing prostitutes with trained spies to gather data on Nazi party members and foreign dignitaries. Considered as the precursor of Nazisploitation genre.

Diretor

Tinto BRASS

The maestro of erotic films, Tinto Brass started out making avant-garde films, i.e. Deadly Sweet (1967) and The Howl (1968), with ample use of pop art, Godardlike politics, psychedelic images and rock music. His trademark (and controversial) erotic films like Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979) followed. His later films like All Ladies Do It (1992) are seen as the celebration of sex and life as fun.