"The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior."
Keir Dullea
as Marquis de Sade
Senta Berger
as Anne de Montreuil
Lilli Palmer
as Mme. de Montreuil
Anna Massey
as Renée de Montreuil
Sonja Ziemann
as La Beauvoisin
Christiane Krüger
as Laura
Uta Levka
as Rose Keller
Barbara Stanek
as Colette
Susanne von Almassy
as Marquis' Mother
Friedrich Schoenfelder
as Marquis' Father
Herbert Weißbach
as M. de Montreuil
Heinz Spitzner
as Inspector Marais
Tilly Lauenstein
as Madame Grandcon
Ortrud Gross
as
John Huston
as The Abbe
Max Kiebach
as Marquis de Sade as a Boy
Maria Caleita
as Marie (uncredited)
Barboura Morris
as Nun (uncredited)
Anke Syring
as Prostitute in Orgy (uncredited)
Evelyne Traeger
Cy Endfield
Director
Richard Matheson
Screenplay
Peter Berg
Gilbert Lély
Book
Artur Brauner
Executive Producer
Pat Green
Associate Producer
Louis M. Heyward
Fredy Arnold
Makeup Artist
Salvatore Billitteri
Post Production Supervisor
Peter Hahne
Production Supervisor
Wolfram Kohtz
Production Manager
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Producer
James H. Nicholson
Billy Strange
Original Music Composer
Richard Angst
Director of Photography
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Art Direction
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Design