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Daughters of Darkness
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Directed byHarry Kümel
Written by
  • Harry Kümel
  • J.J. Amiel
  • Pierre Drouot
Produced by
  • Paul Coilet
  • Alain C. Guilleaume
Starring
CinematographyEduard van der Enden
Edited by
  • Denis Bonan
  • Gust Verschueren
Music byFrançois de Roubaix
Production
companies
  • Showking Film
  • Maya Film
  • Roxy-Film
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
West Germany


Production

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After director Harry Kümel received a mixed commercial reception for his previous film Monsieur Hawarden, Kümel found himself lacking funding for the next film he wanted to make titled Malpertuis.[1] Kümel wrote a contemporary story based on Elizabeth Báthory with co-producer Pierre Drouot and Jean Ferry.[2] The initial production company for the film was Drouot's Showking Film, a company he set up to handle co-productions.[2][3] Kümel decided against getting any funding from the state funding as way of showing that "I didn't need them".[3]

After getting actress Delphine Seyrig cast, Showking Films managed to get other production companies involved: Cinevog, Maya Films, Gemini Pictures, Roxy Films and Mediterranea from Belgium, France, Germany and Italy respectively.[3] The film began shooting Ostend and Bruges in May 1970.[3] The film wa


Reception

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Commerical film in Belgium in the late 1960s and early 1970s was considered to be poor as these film showcased "a lack of moral concern".[4] Film that contained explicit sexuality such as Cash? Cash! (1967) and Take Me or Rape Me (1970) were looked negatively by film critics.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mathijs, 2004. p.100
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ref name= was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d Mathijs, 2004. p.101
  4. ^ a b Mathijs, 2004. p.98

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