Cruel Passion Explained

Cruel Passion (also known as Justine) is a 1977 film starring Koo Stark, Martin Potter, Lydia Lisle, and Katherine Kath. It was directed by Chris Boger and based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade.^[1]

Plot

Justine is a young virgin thrown out of a French orphanage and into the depraved world of prostitution. She slips into a life of debauchery, torture, whipping, slavery and salaciousness while her brazen, flirtatious and liberated sister Juliette ironically receives nothing but happiness and reward for her wanton behavior.

Cast

• Koo Stark as Justine Jerome
• Martin Potter as Lord Carlisle
• Lydia Lisle as Juliette Jerome
• Katherine Kath as Madame Laronde
• Hope Jackman as Mrs Bonny
• Barry McGinn as George
• Louis Ife as Pastor John
• Maggie Petersen as Mother Superior
• David Masterman as Archer
• Ian McKay as Brough
• Ann Michelle as Pauline

Release

Home media

The DVD is now available uncut in the United Kingdom as "Cruel Passion" and in the United States as "Marquis de Sade's Justine"^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Justine (1977) . Mark. Deming. . January 18, 2017.
2. Melon Farmers http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Cruel_Passion_4851 Retrieved 22 May 2012