Berlin, 1939: At the dawn of World War II, power-mad SS Officer Wallenberg (Helmut Berger of THE DAMNED) is ordered to find and train Germany's most beautiful women to work in the opulent brothel of Madam Kitty (Ingrid Thulin of CRIES AND WHISPERS). Here these Nazi nymphs will submit to the bizarre passions and carnal degradations of the Reich's highest-ranking men and women while Wallenberg secretly records their acts for blackmail. But when an innocent young prostitute (Teresa Ann Savoy of CALIGULA) uncovers the conspiracy, her revenge will ignite a holocaust of pain, pleasure and shocking sexual perversion. The story is true. The depravity is real. The film is SALON KITTY.
John Steiner (TENEBRE), Tina Aumont (TORSO) and John Ireland (RED RIVER) co-star in this infamous epic co-written and directed by Tinto Brass and featuring exquisite production design by Oscar(r) winner Ken Adam (BARRY LYNDON, GOLDFINGER). Released in America as the heavily censored MADAM KITTY, this controversial shocker has been newly transferred and fully restored in opulent High Defintion from the director's own personal vault materials featuring extended scenes of unspeakable sexual atrocities.
EXTRAS:
"Inside Salon Kitty" - Interview with Director Tinto Brass
"Designing Salon Kitty" - Interview with Production Designer Ken Adam
International Trailer
U.S. Trailer
Radio Spots
Insertion is blocked or non-existent...and for the late 1970's was reaching the edges of 'legitimate' cinema. The XXX movement of the 1980's was a Porn-Industry crated 'joke' at the MPAA rating system...THEY had no rating beyond X, yet, ANY visible swinging meat, erect or not, in a sexual situation, pushed the film into the X rating. [Most popular X rated film of all time? A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.]
Does the lack of copulation ruin the movie, plot and all? Not really. The plot of a secret spy ring setting up a Nazi Officer Brothel would only have been better, if the ALLIES had pulled it off, in occupied France. The various KINK scenes are often derided, as offensive to 'silly,' are really showing the perversion of power. [Even though Tinto Brass has a reputation of "porny-wood" productions, like Caligula*; He DOES fancy himself a European Auteur filmmaker.]
The era costuming & design, the bringing out to mainstream of kink & fetish, the age-old use/misuse of prostitutes for individual gain reveal a classic story of how far some go when they get power to do all they want.
As for the movie? Hey, if you look at similar-era mainstream films; you will detect massive flaws, in story LAST TANGO IN PARIS/acting KATHERINE ROSS in The Graduate, and special effects "Battle Beyond the Stars.
IF YOU CAN'T OVERLOOK 'dating' of a movie's release...Go Rent something from RED BOX and shut up!
*which Malcolm McDowell, says was DOCTORED after his scenes on the set.]
Salon Krappy - B26354 - Antarctica
Repulsive and disgusting is about all one could say about this film. Animal killings, violence, perversion, and garish exploitation of WWII are about all that can be found here. As UN-sexy a movie there ever was despite the way they try to package it. A colossal waste of time.
Artsy Fartsy. Didn't like this film - The Truth -
Overated and expensive, More a work of cinematic art and softcore porn than anything else, a rather weak one.
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