Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Cast
Isabelle Adjani
Anna / Helen
Sam Neill
Mark
Margit Carstensen
Margit Gluckmeister
Heinz Bennent
Heinrich
Johanna Hofer
Heinrich's Mother
Carl Duering
Private Detective
Shaun Lawton
Zimmermann
Michael Hogben
Bob
Maximilian Rüthlein
Man with Pink Socks
Leslie Malton
Sara
Thomas Frey
Pink Sock's Acolyte
Harry Riebauer
Man at the Conference
Dragomir Stanojević
Taxi Driver
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- Release Date 05/27/1981
- Language French
- Director Andrzej Żuławski
- Editors Suzanne Lang-Willar, Marie-Sophie Dubus
- Cinematographer Bruno Nuytten
- Producer Marie-Laure Reyre
- Companies Gaumont, Oliane Productions, Marianne Productions, Soma Film Produktion
- Budget $2,400,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | May 25, 1981 | Premiere (Cannes Film Festival) | — |
| France | May 27, 1981 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Netherlands | Sep 10, 1981 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Spain | Sep 19, 1981 | Premiere (Madrid) | 18 |
| Mexico | Nov 28, 1981 | Theatrical | C |
| Brazil | Dec 25, 1981 | Theatrical | 18 |
| SE | Jan 29, 1982 | Premiere (Göteborg Film Festival) | — |
| Italy | Apr 16, 1982 | Premiere (Festival Internazionale del film di fantascienza) | 18+ |
| United Kingdom | Jun 24, 1982 | Theatrical | — |
| PT | Feb 28, 1983 | Premiere (Fantasporto Film Festival) | — |
| United States | Sep 2, 1983 | Premiere (Victoria, Texas) | R |
| United States | Oct 13, 1983 | Theatrical (Limited) (New York City) | R |
| United States | Oct 28, 1983 | Theatrical | R |
| AR | Nov 17, 1983 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Japan | Sep 17, 1988 | Theatrical | — |
| France | Aug 18, 1993 | Premiere (L'Étrange Festival) | 16 |
| SE | Apr 15, 1997 | Physical (VHS) | — |
| HU | Dec 3, 1997 | Physical (VHS) | 18 |
| GR | Feb 20, 2004 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Nov 6, 2009 | Physical (DVD ) | 16 |
| AE | Oct 25, 2010 | Physical (DVD) | — |
| Netherlands | Feb 8, 2012 | Physical (DVD / Blu-ray) | 16 |
| Netherlands | Apr 11, 2013 | Premiere (Imagine Film Festival) | 16 |
| United Kingdom | Jul 29, 2013 | Physical (DVD) | 18 |
| Australia | Jun 15, 2014 | Physical (DVD) | — |
| Poland | Sep 21, 2016 | Premiere (Gdynia Polish Film Festival) | — |
| France | Jan 15, 2021 | Physical (Blu-ray / 4K UHD ) | — |
| France | Jul 14, 2021 | Theatrical (Rerelease) | 12 |
| United States | Sep 23, 2021 | Premiere (Fantastic Fest ) | — |
| United States | Oct 1, 2021 | Theatrical (Limited) (4K Restoration (Metrograph in New York)) | NR |
| Australia | Oct 4, 2021 | Physical | R18+ |
| United States | Oct 15, 2021 | Theatrical (4K Restoration) | NR |
| United States | Jan 5, 2023 | Digital (Shudder) | NR |
| Poland | Nov 17, 2023 | Theatrical (Limited) | — |
| CN | Apr 20, 2024 | Premiere (Beijing International Film Festival (4K)) | — |
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