Dear chikitaz,
The description you provided for the plot of the second film appeared
familiar to me when I read it. I soon found out the reason why:
Basically, it's the plot of "Venus in Furs" (original German title:
"Venus im Pelz"), a novel written in 1870 by Austrian author Leopold
von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895).
Von Sacher-Masoch is an important figure in literature and psychology:
Masochism - the urge to submit oneself to a dominant person and
getting humiliated for one's own sexual satisfaction - was named after
him. His novel "Venus in Furs" prototypically illustrates the idea and
principle of masochism. The novel was picturised three times, but all
three versions were very different, so I had to do research to find
out what specific movie version of "Venus in Furs" complies with your
description.
The result was that only a 1969 film directed by Italian director
Massimo Dallamano meets the specifications. The movie was a
German-British-Italian co-production, starring Laura Antonelli and
Régis Vallée. Unfortunately, this movie is currently not available as
a DVD or VHS in Europe or the USA, with the exception of illegal
bootlegs that show up from time to time at places like Ebay.
For details about the cast and crew of this film, please have a look
at its Internet Movie Database entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064626/
As I mentioned before, three movies exist that are based on the novel
"Venus in Furs", so there are two more films you might be interested
in:
In 1967, Spanish director Jesus "Jess" Franco made the novel a film.
Among cineasts, Franco is a notorious phenomenon. He is a specialist
for ultra-cheap, hastily-made exploitation and horror movies. In terms
of quality, he is something like a Spanish Ed Wood; but he knows what
people want to see - sex and violence -, so his films make money
despite being incredibly bad. Franco's rather loose adaption of "Venus
in Furs", starring James Darren (!), Klaus Kinski and Maria Rohm, is
more sleazy and, surprisingly, more surreal than Dallamano's later
attempt. You can read more cast an crew details here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064789/
You will be delighted to hear that this version is currently available
in the USA, even from Amazon.com, at $17.99:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000795JMS/
Finally, there is a Dutch version of "Venus in Furs" that is
considerably younger that the other two. It was made in 1994, directed
by Victor Nieuwenhuijs and Maartje Seyferth. It is a much acclaimed
stylised and sophisticated modern adaption of the novel that makes
certain changes to details of the original plot, adding new aspects,
while not altering the basic concept.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111602/
Unfortunately, this version is currently not available in the USA. But
in case you have access to a multi-region DVD player that will play
European PAL system DVDs, you might want to consider purchasing the
German DVD from Amazon.de. It features not only the dubbed German
version, but also an English soundtrack (together with a Dutch, French
and Spanish soundtrack):
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005OKVG/
For more information about masochism (and sado-masochism) in film and
fiction, this article in the Wikipedia encyclopedia might prove
interesting; it features a list of films where masochism is part of
the plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism_and_masochism_in_fiction
Best regards,
Scriptor
Sources:
Wikipedia: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Sacher-Masoch
Wikipedia: Jesus Franco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Franco
Vampyria: Venus in Furs
http://vampyria555.tripod.com/venus.htm |
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