- Director : Jesús Franco
- Actors : Romina Power, Klaus Kinski, Jack Palance, Maria Rohm, Mercedes McCambridge
- Studio : Blue Underground
- MPAA rating : X (Mature Audiences Only)
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 2
- Media Format : Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 4 minutes
- Release date : February 21, 2023
The Marquis de Sade served as an inspiration
for many of the films made by Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco, and in the late
1960s and early 1970s he made two adaptations of his literary work. The first
of these was Marquis de Sade’s Justine, a period film set in 1700 France
and tracing the two diverging paths taken by sisters after they are orphaned in
Paris. Justine was Franco’s largest budget to that point, including
recognizable cast members such as Klaus Kinski and Jack Palance in supporting
roles. It also kicked off a preoccupation Franco had with the sexual depravity
of humanity, which he would continue in some form for much of his career.
