Docteur Jekyll et les femmes

Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
Directed by	Walerian Borowczyk
Written by	Walerian Borowczyk
Based on	Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Starring	Udo Kier Marina Pierro Howard Vernon Clement Harari
Music by	Bernard Parmeggiani
Cinematography	Noël Véry
Editing by	Khadicha Bariha
Release date(s)	1981 (1981)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France

Docteur Jekyll et les femmes is a 1981 French horror film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a variation on Robert Louis Stevenson's story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars Udo Kier, Marina Pierro and Howard Vernon.

The film was released in France in 1981 and won the award for "Best Feature Film Director" at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival for Borowczyk.

Plot

Dr. Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier), where the doctor is being feted prior to his engagement to the austere Miss Fanny Osborne (Marina Pierro). The guests arrive and are various dignitaries and officials. After a meal, the doctor is summoned to his laboratory, to get the his will. He returns to the living room when a scream is heard where Victoria Fanny and the guests discover that she was raped.

Release

Borowczyk wanted to call his film Le cas étrange de Dr.Jekyll et Miss Osbourne but his producers insisted it be released under the title Docteur Jekyll et les femmes.^[1] The film was released in the United States under the title Blood of Dr. Jekyll and then later on video as Bloodlust.^[2] On the film's presentation at the Sitges Film Festival, it was shown under the title Docteur Jekyll et Miss Osborne.^[3]

Reception

The film won Walerian Borowczyk the award for "Best Feature Film Director" at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Atkinson, 2008. pg. 167
2. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Docteur Jekyll et les Femmes - Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards - AllRovi". Allrovi. http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/blood-of-dr-jekyll-v118350. Retrieved August 7, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Sitges Film Festival - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya » Archives › 1981". Sitges Film Festival. http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng/arxiu/1981/palmares#01. Retrieved August 7, 2011. 

References

• Atkinson, Michael (2008). Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791473783. 

External links

• Docteur Jekyll et les femmes at the Internet Movie Database