... and to die of pleasure

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Movie
German title ... and to die of pleasure
Original title … Et mourir de plaisir
Country of production France
Italy
original language French
Publishing year 1960
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Roger Vadim
script Roger Vadim
Claude Brulé
Claude Martin
production Raymond Eger
music Jean Prodomidès
camera Claude Renoir
cut Vitorio Meranton
occupation

… And to die of lust (original title: … et mourir de plaisir ) is a Franco-Italian feature film from 1960. Directed by Roger Vadim . The main roles are cast with Mel Ferrer , Elsa Martinelli and Annette Stroyberg . The script was written by the director in collaboration with Claude Brulé and Claude Martin . It is loosely based on the novella Carmilla by the Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu . This work tells the story of a lesbian vampire . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on January 27, 1961.

action

Leopoldo De Karnstein owns a large estate near Rome. He is currently visiting from his fiancée Georgia Monteverdi and his Austrian cousin Carmilla von Karnstein. The latter is sick with jealousy because she is also in love with Leopoldo. The occasion for the visit is a masked ball to which Leopoldo has invited. As the highlight of the festival, a magnificent fireworks display will take place from the ruins of the nearby abbey. When all the guests are gathered, Leopoldo says that his servants are afraid to enter the cemetery next to the ruins because the legend goes that vampires are buried there, who were impaled by farmers in the area around 200 years ago. Only the grave of a certain Millarca, which also comes from the family of the Karnsteins, was not found. A life-size portrait of her hangs in the villa. The resemblance of the deceased to the living Carmilla cannot be overlooked. That is why all the guests are amazed when Carmilla appears at the ball in Millarca's white dress.

As soon as the fireworks started, some explosions occur that are obviously not planned. It soon turns out that a couple of World War II mines hidden in the abbey had been detonated by fireworks. Carmilla is suddenly ordered by an inner voice to visit the collapse site. Obeying the urge, she suddenly stands in front of Millarca's grave. From that moment on, Carmilla imagines that she is Millarca every now and then for a short time. In the park she meets the maid Lisa. She is startled at the sight of Carmilla and quickly looks for the distance. The next day, Lisa's body is discovered with a bite wound on the neck.

During a thunderstorm, Carmilla and Georgia seek shelter from the storm in a greenhouse. The latter has injured her finger on a thorn, and from the licking there is still some blood on her lips. Carmilla stares greedily at the blood. She approaches Georgia and gives her a hard kiss on the lips. Georgia hurries away in horror. That night, the dead Millarca appears to her in a dream and confesses to her to have killed Carmilla during the fireworks. As Georgia wakes up, she sees Carmilla leaning over her. Her loud screams drive away the visitor.

The noise called for the residents. The search for the missing Carmilla remains unsuccessful.

In the abbey, soldiers prepare to blow up the remaining mine dump. Suddenly Leopoldo thinks he's discovering his cousin in the mist. When he approaches her, an explosion hits him. He watched with horror as the pressure wave threw his relative onto a fence and their heart was pierced by a stake.

additions

The decorations come from the film architect and designer Jean André . Claude Renoir was in front of the camera . Marcel Escoffier was responsible for the costumes.

criticism

The lexicon of international film draws the following conclusion: “A mixture of social drama, horror film and eroticon with culinary color photography and precious decorations. Director Vadim was inspired by Dreyer, Cocteau and Welles; his "poetry of horror" hardly goes beyond the arts and crafts epigonism. "

source

Program for the film, published by the publishing house Das neue Filmprogramm , Mannheim, without a number

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3953