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Barbarella (1968)

15 98 min  -  Action | Adventure | Comedy  -   10 October 1968 (USA)
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In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Jean-Claude Forest (comic "Barbarella"), Claude Brulé (collaborating writer), and 7 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jane Fonda ...
John Phillip Law ...
Anita Pallenberg ...
Milo O'Shea ...
Concierge / Durand-Durand
Marcel Marceau ...
Claude Dauphin Claude Dauphin ...
President of Earth
Véronique Vendell Véronique Vendell ...
Captain Moon (as Veronique Vendell)
Giancarlo Cobelli Giancarlo Cobelli
Serge Marquand Serge Marquand ...
Captain Sun
Nino Musco Nino Musco
Franco Gulà Franco Gulà
Catherine Chevallier Catherine Chevallier ...
Stomoxys
Marie Therese Chevallier Marie Therese Chevallier ...
Glossina
Umberto Di Grazia Umberto Di Grazia
David Hemmings ...
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Storyline

After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by the film's opening titles), Barbarella, a 41st century astronaut, lands on the planet Lythion and sets out to find the evil Durand Durand in the city of Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Exessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an accomplished artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who, in her dream chamber, can make her fantasies take form, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which, via a poor victim struggling in its glass globe, dispenses Essance of Man. You can't help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what few clothes our heroine seemed to possess. Based on the popular French comic strip. Written by alfiehitchie  

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Evil | Scientist | Planet | Queen | Astronaut  | See more »

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Who can save the universe? See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Barbarela See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$613,285 (USA) (1977)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

SoGo, the evil city Barbarella travels to, is a reference to Biblical cities Sodom and Gomorrah. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Barbarella is flying around in her spaceship in the opening credits, in a close-up as she removes her gloves you can see her reflection in the Plexiglas she was lying on to give the illusion of floating. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
videophone: Stand by for a message from Dianthus, President of Earth and Rotating Premier of the Sun System.
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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits, the letters in the words move around in an attempt
to obscure Barbarella's nudity. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Demonlover (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"Barbarella"
Written by Bob Crewe & Charles Fox
Performed by The Glitterhouse See more »