Cruel Passion

1977 film

  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
98 minutesCountriesUnited Kingdom
Italy
West GermanyLanguageEnglish

Cruel Passion (also known as Justine) is a 1977 film starring Koo Stark, Martin Potter, Lydia Lisle, and Katherine Kath. It was directed by Chris Boger and based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade.[1]

Plot

Justine is a young virgin thrown out of a French orphanage and into the depraved world of prostitution. She slips into a life of debauchery, torture, whipping, slavery and salaciousness while her brazen, flirtatious and liberated sister Juliette ironically receives nothing but happiness and reward for her wanton behavior.

Cast

  • Koo Stark as Justine Jerome
  • Martin Potter as Lord Carlisle
  • Lydia Lisle as Juliette Jerome
  • Katherine Kath as Madame Laronde
  • Hope Jackman as Mrs Bonny
  • Barry McGinn as George
  • Louis Ife as Pastor John
  • Maggie Petersen as Mother Superior
  • David Masterman as Archer
  • Ian McKay as Brough
  • Ann Michelle as Pauline

Release

Home media

The DVD is now available uncut in the United Kingdom as "Cruel Passion" and in the United States as "Marquis de Sade's Justine"[2]

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Justine (1977)". AllMovie. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. ^ Melon Farmers [1] Retrieved 22 May 2012

External links

  • Cruel Passion at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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