Some films you watch once in a lifetime and then never again. One work that deserves this distinction is clearly The 120 Days of Sodom. In 1975, Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini released the film that became a worldwide scandal and was not allowed to be sold or performed uncut in Germany for decades. The censorship story of The 120 Days of Sodom is now over in this country.
Check out a trailer for the scandal shocker The 120 Days of Sodom here:
120 Days of Sodom – Trailer (English)
Effective immediately, the 120 days is Sodom is removed from the index
Pasolini’s controversial film is set in fascist-occupied Italy, in which four privileged women and men from the regime imprison a group of young adolescents in a castle and various types of Humiliation, torture and other perversions expose.
With The 120 Days of Sodom (also known under the abbreviated original title Salò), the director has one of the unbearable portraits of the excesses of abuse of power and fascism turned. Through the explicit and extended portrayal of the gruesome deeds, in which Pasolini also refers to Dante’s Divine Comedy, the film creates a portrait of hell on earth.
After publication, Pasolini’s work was confiscated in Germany in 1976, preventing The 120 Days of Sodom from being promoted, sold or performed in its uncut form. Salò was also banned at least temporarily in other countries such as Italy, France and Australia. Later one appeared in this country censored FSK 18 versionfrom which almost 24 minutes of scenes were cut compared to the uncut original.
A few weeks ago, editing reports reported that Pasolini’s shocker was being removed from the index, thereby removing the confiscation. This step was officially taken in January. With that, The 120 Days of Sodom checked again by the FSK and sold in an uncut version will. A corresponding release on DVD/Blu-ray is scheduled for release in 2023.
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