The Whip and the Body (1963) on Netflix
Disowned by his father, Kurt Menliff comes back to the family castle for the inheritance he was denied. Nevenka, the woman he loved, is now married to his brother Cristiano.
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Plot summary
In 19th century Europe, the nobleman Kurt Menliff comes back to his family's castle by the sea after a long absence, supposedly to congratulate his younger brother Cristiano on marrying Nevenka, the woman Kurt once loved. The people at the castle know what Kurt is and are unhappy that he has come, especially his father, Count Menliff, and the housemaid Giorgia, who holds him responsible for her daughter Tania's suicide. He is allowed to spend the night. The next day he finds Nevenka alone on the beach and seduces her. When she panics and strikes him with a riding crop, he takes the crop and whips her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Whip and the Body (1963)
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- Italian authorities declared The Whip and the Body to contain "several sequences that refer to degenerations and anomalies of sexual life"; Rome's law court then ordered scenes described as "contrary to morality" confiscated, the film's poster destroyed, and Titanus's chief press officer given three months' probation.
- Italian censors demanded no cuts to The Whip and the Body but rated it V.M. 18, forbidding it to minors; the production companies appealed by cutting parts of the film themselves and earned a V.M. 14 rating instead.
- The American release of The Whip and the Body, retitled What!, used a dub in which none of the actors voiced themselves, and both it and the British edition Night is the Phantom were heavily edited, with all the whipping scenes removed so the film became incomprehensible.
