Régis Vallée

Based on the infamous novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch this fine film follows the perverted passions of a young couple as Severin watches the beautiful Wanda writhing naked amongst furs. His disturbing peeping tomism triggers off a whirlpool of emotions due to a childhood episode which punishes voyeurism with pain.

Justine has never dated a woman, and Katia knows her life is hanging by a thread. But when they meet, it's love at first sight. Katia and Justine decide to confront life living a love story, and giving birth to a baby girl, Jeanne. Twelve years later, Justine come to an orderly life and Katia, who kept the child, learn she is doomed. She has to find urgently a guardian for her daughter. Her only option : her brother William, a cynical and desillusioned writer...

The young, married Marianne falls into the circles of partner swapping. Georg, her husband, accuses her of frigidity and uptightness. After an argument in the marital bedroom, they separate and divorce. Marianne soon meets Franz and his wife Judith, who need a certain stimulant to achieve complete satisfaction. Marianne is the perfect object for them.

The Film begins with an emphatically serious discussion between Kolle, the sex researcher Professor Hans Giese, and the psychologist Wolfgang Hochheimer. After that follow the first play scenes. In a buoyant conversation, two model cases of sexual difficulties in marriage and their causes are discussed. A newlywed couple one the one side and a couple already married for seven years on the other side discuss about their problems. The words are illustrated by play scenes, short comments which point to the consequences of a lack of sexual education are inserted in between. With the newlyweds, the premature orgasm of the husband causes his wife woes as she is missing the loving foreplay and aftermath. The second husband, an architect who has become father of two children in the meantime, in contrast, neglects his wife in favour of his job.

A romance directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb. It follows "The Perfect Marriage".