Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
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| Directed by | Walerian Borowczyk |
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| Written by | Walerian Borowczyk |
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Starring |
Udo Kier Marina Pierro Patrick Magee Howard Vernon Clement Harari |
| Music by | Bernard Parmegiani |
| Cinematography | Noël Véry |
| Edited by | Kadisha Bariha |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
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Docteur Jekyll et les femmes, also known as Blood of Dr. Jekyll, is a 1981 French–West German horror film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a variation on Robert Louis Stevenson's story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee and Howard Vernon.
The film was released in France in 1981 and won the award for "Best Feature Film Director" at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival for Borowczyk.
Plot
Dr. Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier), where the doctor is being feted prior to his engagement to the austere Miss Fanny Osborne (Marina Pierro). The guests arrive and are various dignitaries and officials. After a meal, the doctor is summoned to his laboratory, to get his will. He returns to the living room when a scream is heard where one of his guests has been discovered raped and murdered.
Henry Jekyll transforms to his alter ego by taking a bath filled with a chemical cocktail. He emerges physically transformed. His alter ego has none of the restrictions of morality and he proceeds to rape and torture various guests.
Eventually Fanny witnesses one such transformation. She leaps into the bath to be transformed as well. The two transformed leave the house and in an carriage they depart, whilst undertaking blood letting of each other, and love making.
Release
Borowczyk wanted to call his film Le cas étrange de Dr.Jekyll et Miss Osbourne but his producers insisted it be released under the title Docteur Jekyll et les femmes.[2] The film was released in France on June 17, 1981.[1] Docteur Jekyll et les femmes never opened commercially in the United States and in Britain it played at one cinema for one week.[3]
The film was released theatrically in the US and UK under the title Blood of Dr. Jekyll and then later on video as Bloodlust.[4] On the film's presentation at the Sitges Film Festival, it was shown under the title Docteur Jekyll et Miss Osborne.[5] Arrow films released the film on April 21, 2015 first time on Blu Ray in the United States.[6]
Reception
The film won Walerian Borowczyk the award for "Best Feature Film Director" at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival.[5]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "Docteur Jekyll et les femmes". Filmportal.de. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Atkinson, 2008. pg. 167
- ↑ Contemporary Reviews (booklet). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 20. AV005.
- ↑ Binion, Cavett. "Docteur Jekyll et les Femmes - Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards - AllRovi". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- 1 2 "Sitges Film Festival - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya » Archives › 1981". Sitges Film Festival. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ↑ Gingold, Michael. "More Arrow U.S. Blu-rays: Bava's "BLOOD," Borowczyk's "JEKYLL" art/details". Fangoria. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
References
- Atkinson, Michael (2008). Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-7378-3.