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Private Vices, Public Virtues

1976 · 104 min

A slow, opulent descent into decadence and doom, with long takes and a mounting sense of dread.

Directed by
Miklós Jancsó
Genres
Drama, War
Tagline
Royal passions that rocked a Crown...
Overview
The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous dalliances at a sprawling country estate. His wife departs at the arrival of his friends, and they organize a celebration which becomes a wild orgy and culminates in death and tragedy.

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Directed by
Miklós Jancsó
Genres
Drama, War
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • power
  • betrayal
  • death
  • class
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Miklós Jancsó
Written by
Giovanna Gagliardo, Miklós Jancsó
Starring
Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli, Teresa Ann Savoy, Laura Betti, Ivica Pajer, Ilona Staller, Umberto Silva
Music
Francesco De Masi
Cinematography
Tomislav Pinter
Runtime
104 min
Country
Italy, Yugoslavia
Languages
German, French, Hungarian, English, Italian

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