In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.
Production
Lavish period sets drowning in deliberate vulgarity.
Direction
Brass's camera: leering, political, never apologetic.
Costume
Uniforms fetishized until they become absurd, then terrifying.
Director
Tinto Brass
Helmut Berger
Helmut Wallenberg
Ingrid Thulin
Kitty Kellermann
Teresa Ann Savoy
Margherita
John Steiner
Biondo
Sara Sperati
Helga
Maria Michi
Hilde
Rosemarie Lindt
Susan
Paola Senatore
Marika
John Ireland
Cliff
Tina Aumont
Herta Wallenberg
Alexandra Bogojevic
Gloria
Dan van Husen
Rauss
Ullrich Haupt
Professor
Stefano Satta Flores
Dino
Bekim Fehmiu
Hans Reiter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brass conceived this as direct response to Pasolini's Salò, insisting pleasure could be revolutionary where Pasolini saw only death.
The real Salon Kitty was discovered intact in 1990s Berlin; Brass's sets were so accurate historians consulted them.
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