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.
Laura
The film's tagline is: "He made evil an art, virtue a vice... and pain a pleasure!"
The runtime is 113 minutes (1h 53m).
It was a co-production between: Germany, United States of America.
The film was directed by Cy Endfield.
The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson and Peter Berg.
The score was composed by Billy Strange.
Cinematography was handled by Richard Angst.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0064212.
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Poor
18 votes
De Sade
Released
NR
English
Germany, United States of America
