The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Keir Dullea
as Marquis de Sade
Senta Berger
as Anne de Montreuil
Lilli Palmer
as Mme. de Montreuil
Anna Massey
as Renée de Montreuil
Sonja Ziemann
as La Beauvoisin
Christiane Krüger
as Laura
Uta Levka
as Rose Keller
Barbara Stanek
as Colette
Susanne von Almassy
as Marquis' Mother
Friedrich Schoenfelder
as Marquis' Father
Herbert Weißbach
as M. de Montreuil
Heinz Spitzner
as Inspector Marais
