If you are Italian you already know who Claudia Koll is, but if you don't you are in for a real treat. As Diane she fascinates in the way Louise Brooks fascinates... we admire her and want to know more about her. This is her first film and made her a star, however briefly, on the strength of qualifications in full evidence on this cover art.

Diane (Claudia Koll) is happily married to Paolo but due to her extrovert character she regularly winds up in short-lived adventures, which she doesn't keep hidden from Paolo. On the contrary: by telling him, their sexual relationship is fueled with fresh impulses. When Diana experiences a stormy affair with the poet Alphonse, who is obsessed with female bottoms, Paolo gets jealous after all. He rejects Diana, who responds by indulging in a series of sexual excesses with her sister and some friends. After a particularly rough house party, however, Diana returns to Paolo.

Salon Kitty and Pasolini's "Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma" both came out in 1975. The films are similar and centered around the same image: regimented rows of completely nude young healthy people at attention in a grand room. I do not know the specific production dates so I cannot say which influenced which or whether this is a case of cultural synchronicity. Speaking of grand rooms-much of Salon Kitty's unforgetable quality owes to James Bond production designer Ken Adam.

Brass' brand of sensuality is usually warm and loving so it's ironic that his two sickest movies (this and CALIGULA) are his two most lavish and best known films. It's a sick world.

"Berlin, 1939: At the dawn of World War II, power-mad SS Officer Wallenberg (Helmut Berger of THE DAMNED) is ordered to find and train Germany's most beautiful women to work in the opulent brothel of Madam Kitty (Ingrid Thulin of CRIES AND WHISPERS). Here these Nazi girls will submit to the bizarre passions and carnal degradations of the Reich's highest-ranking men and women while Wallenberg secretly records their acts for blackmail. But when an innocent young prostitute (Teresa Ann Savoy of CALIGULA) uncovers the conspiracy, her revenge will ignite a holocaust of pain, pleasure and shocking sexual perversion. John Steiner (MANNAJA), Tina Aumont (TORSO) and John Ireland (RED RIVER) co-star in this infamous epic co-written and directed by Tinto Brass and featuring exquisite production design by Oscar winner Ken Adam (BARRY LYNDON, GOLDFINGER). Released in America as the heavily censored MADAM KITTY, this controversial film has been fully restored from the director's own personal vault print and features extended scenes now presented for the first time ever in America."

What started as a major motion picture ended as a Bob Guccione vanity project, and both Tinto Brass and screenwriter Gore Vidal ended up removing their names- the title was originally supposed to be "Gore Vidal's Caligula. Stagy and weird, sort of like Peter Greenaway's PROSPERO'S BOOKS. There are still a lot of nice distinctive Brass shots and sequences, and a tremendous amount of sex and nudity. This is the full length explicit version.

Before Rome. Before Gladiator. The most controversial film of all time as you've never experienced it before! Combining lavish spectacle and top award-winning stars, this landmark production was shrouded in secrecy since its first day of filming. Now, this unprecedented special edition presents a bolder and more revealing Caligula than ever before, with a beautiful new high-definition transfer from recently uncovered negative elements and hours of never-before-seen bonus material! From the moment he ascends to the throne as Emperor, Caligula enforces a reign like no other as power and corruption transform him into a deranged beast whose deeds still live on as some of the most depraved in history."

"Malcolm McDowell (NBC's top-rated Heroes, Rob Zombie's Halloween, A Clockwork Orange, Time After Time, If..., Cat People and O Lucky Man), Helen Mirren: 2007 Academy Award & Golden Globe Winner for The Queen; 2007 Emmy & Golden Globe winner for HBO's Elizabeth I; star of hit TV series Prime Suspect and films including National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Calendar Girls, Excalibur, The Mosquito Coast, and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover), Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, The Ruling Class, My Favorite Year, Venus, The Stunt Man), John Gielgud (Gandhi, The Elephant Man, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent, and Academy Award-winning role in Arthur). "

"Supporting cast includes a wide array of European cult actors including Teresa Ann Savoy (Salon Kitty), John Steiner (Mario Bava's Shock), Leopoldo Trieste (Cinema Paradiso), Mirella D'Angelo (Tenebrae), Paolo Bonacelli (Mission: Impossible III) and Adriana Asti (The Best of Youth).

Bruno (Luc Merenda) is an idealistic hero who questions the meaning of life in this confusing and sometimes hallucinatory erotic drama. After a night in jail, he is gang-raped by punk rockers in a garbage dump. He later saves an old man who believes he is Garibaldi and a woman he believes is Ophelia. ACTION is a return to the 60's Tinto Brass style of filmmaking. Also stars Adriana Asti, Susanna Javicoli, Paola Senatore, Alberto Sorrentino & John Steiner.

Starring Nicola Warren, Francesca Dellera, Isabella Biagini, Lulu and Andy J. Forrest.

"Jennifer (Nicola Warren) and her husband Fred (Andy J. Forest) seek out their old lovers for another fling in this erotic drama from Tinto Brass. Fred hooks up with the prostitute Rosalba (Francesca Dellera) , while Jennifer returns to the arms of the handsome pimp Ciro. The unfaithful couple return to each other after the affairs prove to be less satisfying then the memory of their initial experiences."

DVD FEATURES:Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version .Italian audio only

DVD FEATURES: Widescreen Version . Italian audio . Optional English subtitles

One of Tinto's more stylish and sexy films now available uncut with English subtitles for the first time. Brass sets this joyous erotic comedy in the idyllic "age of innocence" in Italy's infamous bordellos. In a masterful combination of provocative showgirl revue, incisive parody, scandalous erotica and tender romance, Madame Colette's delicious brothel becomes the fantastic surreal world where the generously endowed Mimma (Deborah Caprioglio) takes her first steps as lady of the night Paprkia.

Paprika falls in love with her first client - Franco, a young naval officer - but despite the attraction she begins her own orgiastic ascent eventually residing in the most illustrious brothels in the country. In her own way though, Paprika manages to stay faithful to Franco, her first true love. By the time the bordellos are closed by a new law, Paprika is a wealthy countess and in a position to fulfill her love of Franco.

DVD FEATURES: Uncut Widescreen Version . Italian Language . Removable English Subtitles

Serena Grandi shows up too as Lola's mother, housewife and model for her husband's obsessive photography and study of female bottoms. Excellent use of music. Lola even has her own theme song that, for good or ill, will stick in your head for days. Ammirati is eerily good as a frivolous girl on the verge of being a rural south Italian woman. She already has the sharp contemptuous vocal tone of a lifelong scold, and is barreling right into matrimony and family, not 5 years at a liberal arts college somewhere. Her sexual exploration is more about defining her place in nature than defining herself socially, and her eventual epiphany is expressed through a simple and profound union-with-nature metaphor.

I have annoyed Brass purists in the past by saying this is his most successful film. Many of his earlier works are more intellectually or artistically satisfying, but MONELLA is a perfect sexy entertainment and perfection in anything is so rare that I place perfect entertainment as a notch above flawed art.

Here, for the first time outside of Italy, and with Subtitles, is the uncut masterwork of erotica at its most humorous. Long renowned for his work in documentaries and the avant-garde, director Tinto Brass is now famous as the world's premier erotic filmmaker, turning out movies that have bridged the gender gap, earning at least as many ardent female admirers as male fans. Frivolous Lola is perhaps his most likeable film yet."

Tinto Brass' discovery here is blonde, athletic Russian beauty Yuliya Mayarchuk who has even more zest and perkiness than Brass' previous zestful, perky heroines.

For proof that Tinto Brass is a truly great director just look to his leading ladies. Several times Brass has discovered a woman so beautiful, vivacious and winning of our sympathies and affections that we assume that she will go onto international stardom. I am talking about women with Marilyn Monroe level charisma. Anna Amarati, Claudia Koll and Yuliya Mayarchuk all should have been bigger than American Idol. But it didn't happen. it was Tinto Brass' direction that made them so special. He is the George Cukor of erotica, a master of drawing out the best an actress has. (Getting good performances is the most under-rated directorial skill. What could be more important? In "Garden State" Natalie Portman is engaging. In the Star Wars movies she seems brain damageded. That is George Lucas' fault, not hers. Good actors like Liam Neeson and Samuel Jackson also seem brain damaged in the Star Wars movies, along with everyone else.)

Brass sees the world as a very sexy place. The opening montage of London park visitors on a warm sunny day is unforgettable. Everyone is sexy-men, women, young, old, chubby, athletic, handicapped, gay, straight. Carla bounces through the landscape smiling approvingly at the varied couplings. When a dirty old man flashes her she pulls up her skirt and flashes him right back.

Will you be able to endure the sexy hilarity as Carla (Yuliya Mayarchuk) visits London? She's a big hit with everyone - except for boyfriend Matteo, who seethes with jealousy. With her skimpy skirt conveniently blowing in the wind, Carla attracts the attention of one and all. As she is having adventures with her lesbian real-estate agent Moira and Moira's ex-husband Marion, Matteo jets over to put her in line. But finding himself surrounded by freelovers in Hyde Park who remind him of his own dalliances, he soon mends his ways.

Beautifully shot and featuring a head-banging soundtrack, Cheeky! is sure to have you glued to the screen. Cheeky! is Tinto Brass's manifesto for a new world order - a most erotic and joyful one. Cult Epics is proud to present both the Uncut Italian Director's Cut and the English Producer's Cut.

Also starring Jarno Berardi, Francesca Nunzi, Max Parodi, Mauro Lorenz, Antonio Salines. Music by Pino Donaggio.

DVD FEATURES: Widescreen version (16x9 Enhanced) . Backstage with Tinto Brass . Tinto Brass Trailers . Photo Gallery

Italy - 1945. The war and fascism is coming to an end. Livia (Anna Galiena), the wife of a high-ranking ministry official is on her way to Venice in order to meet Helmut Schultz (Gabriel Garko), an SS Lieutenant with whom she is having an affair. During the trip she relives the high points of the torrid sexual abandonment that has shaped her destiny. Once in Venice she finds the city in chaos, but amongst the madness, a surprise awaits Livia... a surprise that sees her personal setbacks reflected in historic and political events. Erotic drama from Italian director Tinto Brass, with a score by Ennio Morricone.

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DVD FEATURES: Uncut Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen (1.85:1) Version (122 mins) . Italian Audio . English Subtitles . Interview with Tinto Brass - In Italian with English Subtitles (12 mins) . Behind the scenes footage - In Italian with English Subtitles - (25 mins) . Original trailer

In his latest erotic comedy (2003), renowned filmmaker Tinto Brass discards once again with his trademark polemics to focus instead on erotically charged youthful couples who realize that nothing can bring them together as effectively as regular doses of fooling around. But don't think that you're in for a typical grind film. PRIVATE (aka Do It!) bursts at the seams with exhilarating ebullience, dazzling colors, and sprightly music. It will keep you smiling for days.

Six sexy stories of couples finding their joy in sharing - with others! Cult Epics is proud to present the Uncut (XXX) Italian Director's Cut. Notable the Director's Cut includes for the first time XXX Hardcore photography by Tinto Brass, since his dispute of CALIGULA.