Master of Love

For the 1919 film, see Der Herr der Liebe.
Master of Love
Directed byBrunello Rondi
Written byRoberto Leoni
Franco Bucceri
Brunello Rondi
Produced byOscar Brazzi
StarringRossano Brazzi
Tina Aumont
Janet Agren
Barbara Bouchet
Magali Noël
CinematographyLuciano Trasatti
Edited byMarcello Malvestito
Music byStelvio Cipriani
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Master of Love (Italian: Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti, lit. 'Forbidden tales ... of bare tails', also known as Decameron Sinners)[1] is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana co-written and directed by Brunello Rondi.[2][3]

Plot

Cast

Production

Principal photography started on 26 July 1972.[2] The film initially had the working title Maestro d'amore ("Master of Love"), which was intended by Rondi as an hommage to Ingmar Bergman's A Lesson in Love.[2][4] The title was changed by producer Oscar Brazzi (main actor Rossano Brazzi's brother), who also actively interfered with scripting, shooting and editing, even going so far as to shoot on his own some additional sex scenes that were not in the script, causing Rondi to leave the set in protest.[4] Set in Tuscany in the Renaissance age, it was shot in San Gimignano.[2]

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by Panta on 12 October 1972.[2]

Reception

In spite of its high-profile cast, domestically the film was a bomb, grossing less than 100 million lire.[2] It was generally badly received by critics.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ Bondanella, Peter; Pacchioni, Federico (19 October 2017). A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-5013-0764-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Giusti, Marco (2019). "Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti". Dizionario Stracult della commedia sexy. Bloodbuster edizioni. pp. 388–9. ISBN 978-88-943385-3-9.
  3. ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). "Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti". Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese. ISBN 8876059695.
  4. ^ a b c Curti, Roberto (31 May 2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema: Eight Unorthodox Filmmakers, 1940s-2000s. McFarland. pp. 130–2. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.