Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets...
Acting
Françoise Fabian's ice-queen composure never cracks — terrifying.
Production
Just Jaeckin's soft-core aesthetic applied to actual criminal biography.
Costume
1970s Parisian escort fashion: furs, cigarettes, existential dread.
Director
Just Jaeckin
Françoise Fabian
Madame Claude
Dayle Haddon
Elizabeth
Murray Head
David Evans
Klaus Kinski
Alexander Zakis
Vibeke Knudsen-Bergeron
Anne-Marie
Maurice Ronet
Pierre
Robert Webber
Howard
Jean Gaven
Gustave Lucas
André Falcon
Paul
François Perrot
Lefevre
Marc Michel
Hugo
Roland Bertin
Soulier
Ed Bishop
Smith
Karl Held
Stanfield
Ylva Setterborg
Jill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Fernande Grudet ran her empire from 1957-1975 and claimed to have 30,000 photos of clients, including heads of state.
Just Jaeckin directed Emmanuelle (1974) and clearly thought: what if that same soft-focus aesthetic, but with government corruption?
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