About the film
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
- Directed by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Released
- January 10, 1976
- US theatrical
- October 3, 1977
- Certification
- 18
- Country
- Italy, France
- Starring
- Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi, Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Sergio Fascetti, Bruno Musso
- Language
- German, French, Italian
- Origin
- IT
- Studios
- Les Productions Artistes Associés, PEA
- Written by
- Pupi Avati, Sergio Citti, Marquis de Sade, Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Produced by
- Antonio Girasante, Alberto Grimaldi, Alberto De Stefanis
- Cinematography
- Tonino Delli Colli
- Music
- Ennio Morricone
- Budget
- $800,000
- Box office
- $1,800,000
How to see Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)
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