
He made evil an art, virtue a vice... and pain a pleasure!
The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Keir DulleaMarquis de Sade
Senta BergerAnne de Montreuil
Lilli PalmerMme. de Montreuil
Anna MasseyRenée de Montreuil
Sonja ZiemannLa Beauvoisin
Christiane KrügerLaura
Uta LevkaRose KellerBarbara StanekColette
Susanne von AlmassyMarquis' Mother
Friedrich SchoenfelderMarquis' FatherHerbert WeißbachM. de Montreuil
Heinz SpitznerInspector Marais
Tilly LauensteinMadame GrandconOrtrud Gross
John HustonThe Abbe