He made evil an art, virtue a vice... and pain a pleasure!
The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Marquis de Sade
Anne de Montreuil
Mme. de Montreuil
Renée de Montreuil
La Beauvoisin
Laura
Rose Keller
Colette
Marquis' Mother
Marquis' Father
M. de Montreuil
Inspector Marais
Madame Grandcon
Marquis de Sade as a Boy
Marie (uncredited)
Nun (uncredited)
Prostitute in Orgy (uncredited)
Prostitute in Orgy (uncredited)
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