
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes is a 1981 horror film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a variation on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon, and Gérard Zalcberg.
Plot
Fanny Osborne and her mother arrive at the home of Dr. Henry Jekyll to celebrate their engagement. The party is attended by numerous dignitaries, including General Carew and his daughter; Dr. Lanyon, a close friend and mentor to Henry who is nonetheless nonplused by Henry's endorsement of "transcendental science"; Enfield, Henry's attorney; and the Reverend. After dinner, the daughter of a guest is found raped and murdered in a bedroom. In the ensuing investigation, General Carew kills the Osbornes' coachman, thinking he is the culprit. Then someone finds a broken walking stick that used to belong to Henry; it has been used to beat to death a young girl.
Awards
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author | Walerian Borowczyk |
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award | Sitges Film Festival Best Director award |
contentLocation | London |
director | Walerian Borowczyk |
editor | Kadisha Bariha |
events | burgher hypocrisy sexual morality taboo |
genre | horror |
keywords | addict alter ego assault hatred heart attack injured kill murder possess record sole heir think walk young girl |
musicBy | Bernard Parmegiani |
producer | Jean-Pierre Labrande Ralph Baum Robert Kuperberg |
productionCompany | Allegro Productions Multimedia Gesellschaft für audiovisuelle Information mbH Whodunit Productions |