WHAT? - DVD-1973-MARCHELLO MASTROIANNI

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• Release Year: 1972
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: Roman Polanski described it as “the ribald adventures of an innocent girl.” Critics called it “an amoral, depraved disaster.” More than four decades after its controversial release, it remains the most butchered, debated and least-seen film of the Oscar-winning director’s entire career. The succulent Sydne Rome stars as an oft-naked American girl lost inside a Mediterranean villa inhabited by priests, pianists, perverts and a syphilitic pimp (a deliciously bizarre performance by Marcello Mastroianni) while indulging in madcap acts of gang rape, sodomy and ping-pong. Hugh Griffith (TOM JONES) , Romolo Valli (BOSSACCIO “70) and Polanski himself co-star in this surreal and sexy comedy, now finally available in HD, restored to its original running time from a vault print reportedly stolen from the wine cellar of producer Carlo Ponti!
• Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith, Guido Alberti, Gianfranco Piacentini, Carlo Delle Piane, Mario Bussolino, Henning Schlüter, Christiane Barry, Pietro Tordi, Nerina Montagnani, Mogens von Gadow, Dieter Hallervorden, Elisabeth Witte, John Karlsen, Romolo Valli, Franco Pesce, Cicely Browne, Renee Langer, Richard McNamara, Roger Middleton, Birgitta Nilsson, Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach
• Director: Roman Polanski
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion
• Media Format: Movie