Walerian Borowczyk — Playwright (11)
The Story of Sin (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dzieje grzechu
other title: Storia di un peccato / História de um pecado
A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.
Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal
other title: Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal / Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre
"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of loosely connected scenes, much like a vaudeville program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Kabal perform absurd, surreal, and sometimes cruel acts.
Love Rites (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cérémonie d'amour
other title: Regina della notte / Cerimónia de Amor
Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no idea she has more in mind than Hugo bargained for.
Emmanuelle 5 (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Emmanuelle 5
director: Walerian Borowczyk actor: Monique Gabrielle / Crofton Hardester
Emmanuelle, the sexiest woman in the world, endures a streak of bad luck that begins when she's stripped by a mob of adoring fans at an international film festival. Emmanuelle's lousy luck continues when she's abducted from her yacht off the South of France and forced to submit to the erotic desires of an Arab sheik.
School (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Szkoła
director: Walerian Borowczyk
other title: La scuola / Szkoła
Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.
Goto, Island of Love (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Goto, l'île d'amour
director: Walerian Borowczyk actor: Pierre Brasseur / Ligia Branice
other title: Goto, l'isola dell'amore / Goto, l'île d'amour
A petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilisation by a tumultuous earthquake. His dream is to possess Glossia, a stifled beauty trapped in a loveless marriage to a melancholic dictator.
Immoral Tales (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Contes immoraux
director: Walerian Borowczyk actor: Lise Danvers / Fabrice Luchini
other title: I racconti immorali di Borowczyk / Contes immoraux
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.
The Beast (1975) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
La Bête
director: Walerian Borowczyk actor: Sirpa Lane / Lisbeth Hummel
other title: La bestia / O Monstro
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.