Immortal Tales (1974)

AKA:
Contes Immoraux

Synopsis:
Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes. 'Therese Philosophe' is set in the nineteenth century, and concerns a girl being locked in her bedroom, where she contemplates the erotic potential of the objects contained within it. 'Erzsebet Bathory' is a portrait of the sixteenth-century countess who allegedly bathed in the blood of virgins, while 'Lucrezia Borgia' concerns an incestuous fifteenth-century orgy involving Lucrezia, her brother, and her father the Pope.

Immoral Tales was the first erotic film broadcast on French television (by Antenne 2), in 1978. The fourth segment was omitted from the broadcast due to the death of the Pope.

Director: Walerian Borowczyk
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