Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
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Original Italian Poster
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Country
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Italy France
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Directed by
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Release Date
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1975
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Language
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Italian French German
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Studio
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Produzioni Europee Associate Les Productions Artistes Associés
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Main Cast
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Character
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Actor
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The Duke
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Paolo Bonacelli
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The Bishop
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Giorgio Cataldi
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The Magistrate
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Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
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The President
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Aldo Valletti
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Signora Castelli
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Caterina Boratto
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Signora Maggi
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Elsa De Giorgi
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Signora Vaccari
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Hélène Surgère
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The Pianist
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Sonia Saviange
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (original Italian title Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, another English release title Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom), is a 1975 Italian-French movie directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is a loose adaptation of the book The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, and the story is set in the time of the Italian Fascist Republic of Salò, existed in 1943–1945. The film was extremely controversial due to its intensely graphic violence and sexual deviance. It was the last work of Pasolini who was murdered in November 1975 three weeks before the film premiered at the Paris Film Festival.
The following weapons were used in the film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom:
Pistols
Beretta Model 70
Out of time Beretta Model 70 pistols are used by the main characters - The Duke (Paolo Bonacelli), The Bishop (Giorgio Cataldi), The Magistrate (Umberto Paolo Quintavalle) and The President (Aldo Valletti), and by several guards.
Beretta Model 70 - .32 ACP
An OVRA officer (Alessandro Gennari) holds a Beretta Model 70 (OVRA - Organo di Vigilanza dei Reati Antistatali, a security service in Fascist Italy).
A guard (Giuseppe Patruno) holds his pistol at the head of young man. The "PB - Mod. 70 - Made in ITALY" is seen on the slide of the pistol.
The grip is seen. Gun is empty
The Bishop readies a pistol.
The Magistrate, The Bishop, The President and The Duke hold pistols.
The Magistrate, The Bishop and The President fire at guard Ezio.
Another view of The Duke's pistol.
Submachine Guns
Beretta Model 38A
Four guards dressed in the uniform of Decima Flottiglia MAS (Maurizio Valaguzza, Claudio Troccoli, Ezio Manni and Fabrizio Menichini), credited as Collaborators, are armed with Beretta Model 38A submachine guns.
Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm
An OVRA officer holds a Beretta submachine gun.
Two collaborators hold Beretta submachine guns (Bruno (Maurizio Valaguzza) at the left, Claudio Troccoli at the right). They are dressed in the uniform of Decima Flottiglia MAS, an Italian commando frogman unit.
Ezio (Ezio Manni) with Beretta 38A.
All four collaborators carry Beretta 38A SMGs.
Two collaborators (Fabrizio Menichini and Ezio Manni) carry Beretta 38A SMGs.
The collaborators carry Beretta 38A SMGs. The one at the right (Fabrizio Menichini) carries a holster for compact Beretta pistol.
A young men (Umberto Chessari), intended as victim, replaces slain Ezio and holds his Beretta 38A.
A Beretta 38A leans against the wall.
Claudio with Beretta 38A.
Bruno (Maurizio Valaguzza) with Beretta 38A.
MP40
Several SS men carry MP40 SMGs.
SS men fire at escaping young man.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
An SS man carries a Mauser rifle, most likely a Karabiner 98k.
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Machine Guns
MG42
What appears to be an MG42 is briefly seen mounted on a German car.