Of Freaks And Men [DVD] [1998]

4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
Russian
Region 0
Dolby Digital Russian
Dolby Digital
Original Theatrical Trailer
Review
Scene Selection
Star And Director Filmographies
Stills Gallery
English

Johann, darkly handsome and manipulative, is a turn of the 20th Century St. Petersburg pornographer, peddling images of bare-bottomed floggings. He and his snaggle-toothed assistant Victor, worm their way into the live of two wealthy families, manipulating adopted Siamese twins Kolja and Tolja and the delicately beautiful Lisa as subjects for his erotic films. Filmed in sepia tone, Of Freaks And Men is visually rich with a crackling, eerie soundtrack. It lays bare a preoccupation with sexuality welling beneath the austere trappings of the Russian bourgeoisie and provides an enticing and thrilling tale.

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: OF FREAKS AND MEN is a constantly interesting story and film-------very well photographed---------about a strange, psychopathic pornographer who makes movies of women being whipped by a "nanny" for the underground market at the turn of the century. The film is shot in a sepia tone to give a nice authenticity to the proceedings. If you've seen photographs from the fin-de-siecle, you realize what marvelous recreations of those romantic-------though risqué--------photographs the filmmakers have achieved. Many of them look very much like the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron----------one of the finest photographers working after the Civil War, who specialized in photographing women in dream like, highly romantic, almost spiritual scenes. She never did photos like this, of course, but the same care was taken in the art direction of this film. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Malaga Spanish Film Festival, ...Of Freaks and Men ( Pro urodov i lyudey )