House of 1000 Pleasures
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| Directed by | Antonio Margheriti |
| Written by | Antonio Margheriti Dino Verde |
| Starring | Barbara Bouchet Femi Benussi |
| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli |
| Music by | Carlo Savina |
| Distributed by | Medusa |
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| Language | Italian |
House of 1000 Pleasures (Italian: Finalmente... le mille e una notte, lit. 'Finally...the thousand and one nights', also known as Bed of a Thousand Pleasures and 1001 Nights of Pleasure) is a 1973 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Antonio Margheriti.
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (March 2025) |
Cast
[edit]- Barbara Bouchet as Mariam
- Femi Benussi as Zumurud
- Barbara Marzano as Queen Aziza
- Esmeralda Barros as the storyteller
- Pupo De Luca as Samandar
- Gastone Pescucci as Karim
- Alberto Atenari as Raji
- Ignazio Leone as Mariam's husband
- Annie Carol Edel as Zobeide
- Gino Milli as Aladino
- Remo Capitani as Sultan Almamud
- Vassili Karis as Aziza's servant
- Gigi Ballista as Genie in the lamp
- Gigi Bonos as Baba
- Salvatore Puntillo
Production
[edit]The film was a co-production between Medusa and Pink International Film.[1] Loosely inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, its production started shortly after Pier Paolo Pasolini announced the similarly themed Arabian Nights.[2] Davide Pulici from Nocturno described it as a film with a strange status: "on the one hand a copy of an idea [Pasolini], on the other an original and pragmatic model" of numerous rip-offs.[2]
Release
[edit]The film was released in Italian cinemas by Medusa on 7 December 1973.[1]
Reception
[edit]Italian film critic Marco Giusti wrote that, despite some "trash" elements, the film is "an extremely well-done decameronico, pursuing more the path of the fantastic than the erotic [...] with above-average special effects".[1] Similarly, Nocturno's Davide Pulici described it as an above-average decameronico, both narratively, thanks to Dino Verde's involvement, and visually, due to rich sets, D'Offizi's virtuosistic cinematography and Margheriti's visual effects.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Giusti, Marco (2019). "Finalmente... le mille e una notte". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy (in Italian). Bloodbuster edizioni. p. 217-8. ISBN 978-88-943385-3-9.
- ^ a b c Pulici, Davide (March 2007). "Finalmente... le mille e una notte". Nocturno Dossier. 35: 53.
