Porcile (1969)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Drama
aka: Pigsty

Film Synopsis

At some time in the past, a young man wanders around an active volcano and becomes a cannibal.  He meets another wild man and together they roam the countryside, bringing mayhem wherever they go.  In 1960s Germany, a business man named Herr Klotz is trying to settle his differences with another industrialist.  Meanwhile, his son Julian attempts to forge an alliance with pigs with his politically motivated girlfriend Ida...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Script: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli, Armando Nannuzzi, Giuseppe Ruzzolini
  • Music: Benedetto Ghiglia
  • Cast: Pierre Clémenti (Young cannibal), Jean-Pierre Léaud (Julian Klotz), Alberto Lionello (Mr. Klotz), Ugo Tognazzi (Herdhitze), Anne Wiazemsky (Ida), Margarita Lozano (Madame Klotz), Marco Ferreri (Hans Günther), Franco Citti (Cannibal), Ninetto Davoli (Maracchione), Luigi Barbini (Boy in the desert), Sergio Elia (Servant), Antonino Faà di Bruno (Old man (scene of the Sentence))
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 99 min
  • Aka: Pigsty ; Pigpen

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