“Royal passions that rocked a Crown...”
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.
Lajos Balázsovits
Principe Rudolf
Pamela Villoresi
Sofia
Franco Branciaroli
Duca
Teresa Ann Savoy
Mary
Laura Betti
Teresa
Ivica Pajer
Generale
Ilona Staller
Woman in orgy
Umberto Silva
Priest
Susanna Javicoli
Anikó Sáfár
Private Vices, Public Virtues is a drama, war film released in 1976 exploring themes of vice. Directed by Miklós Jancsó, it stars Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli. 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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