Maldoror 47 years old

The inspiration, as the title tells, was Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror). Cavallone followed only loosely the poem, interpolating some of its most outrageous content within the story of a film director, Paolo (Gianni Garko) who’s undergoing a deep personal crisis. The first part (which producer Giuseppe Tortorella labelled "mythological porn") is set in Italy, as Marco is working on a film called Maldoror, and focuses on his tormented relationship with a married woman, Monica (Jane Avril). According to the script, it was filled with excessive and cruel images, extracts from the film-within-a-film which were liberally spliced within the plot, and in their uneasiness somehow predated Pasolini’s Salò.

Credits

Maldoror Cast

Name Character
Sherry Buchanan She was 23, now 70 years old as La ragazza
Gianni Garko He was 42, now 89 years old as Il regista
Inga Alexandrova

Maldoror Crew

Name Department
Alberto Cavallone as Director. He was 39 (59) years old when He died Directing
Maldoror (47 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, October 18, 1977
  • Runtime: 100 minutes