Italy / Feb 13, 1991 / VM18
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1h 56min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Clara Algranti | Sciura Angelina |
| Luciana Cirenei | Donna Olimpia |
| John Steiner | Prince Ascanio Del Bardo |
| Valentine Demy | Beba |
| Luigi Laezza | Nino |
| Riccardo Garrone | Uncle Lele |
| Paul Müller | Milvio |
| Clarita Gatto | Tosca |
| Osiride Pevarello | Remo |
| Debora Vernetti | Carmen |
| Elisabeth Kaza | Madame Catarsi |
| Elisabetta Lupetti | Ines |
| Gabriella De Baggi | |
| Carla Salerno | Fru Fru |
| Milly Corinaldi | Casino Trieste's Servant |
| Maria Cristina Mastrangeli | Turinese Prostitute |
| Rossella Pezzullo |
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| Tiziana D'Arcangelo | |
| Clotilde De Spirito | Casino Trieste's Cook |
| Alessandra Bonarota | Maris |
| Gianni Demartiis | Butler |
| Hella Estaire | Swedish Prostitute |
| Andrea Aureli | Ginetto |
| Debora Calì | Nora |
| Jacopo Gualtieri | Matthieu |
| Marilena Trifone | Messinese Prostitute |
| Domiziano Arcangeli | Gualtiero Rosasco |
| Laura Piattella | Sonia |
| Eolo Capritti | Admiral Ciancalasme |
| Carla Solaro | |
| Alfredo Quadrelli | Mr. Tomei |
| Roberta Sarazzi | |
| Franco Senika | Aggressive Client at Naples Brothel |
| M. Josè da Silva | |
| Felice Leveratto | Don Vincenzo |
| Daniela Fedke | Vespasiana |
| Libero Sansavini | Casino Roma's Client |
| Sibilla De Conti | |
| Luca Lionello | Painter |
| Tiziana Del Poggio | |
| Maurizio Romoli | Antique Dealer |
| Pasquale Africano | Casino Roma's Client (uncredited) |
| Tinto Brass | Doctor Babarelli (uncredited) |
| Emanuelle Cristaldi | Prostitute (uncredited) |
| Ida Eccher | Casino Milano's Old Woman (uncredited) |
| Silvio Klein | Casino's Client (uncredited) |
| Marco Marciani | Il Caffé (uncredited) |
| Ettore Martini | Casino Trieste's Client (uncredited) |
| Walter Midolo | Casino Trieste's Client (uncredited) |
| Aline Pilato | Casino's Mistress (uncredited) |
| Petra Scharbach | Duchess Silvia Dolgoruky (uncredited) |
| Lamberto Solfa | Casino Milano's Client (uncredited) |
| Antonella Sperati | Fulvia (uncredited) |
| Antonio Spinnato | Casino's Client (uncredited) |
| Natale Tulli | Rocco's Henchman (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Paprika |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | San Francisco Film, Scena Film |
| Release date | 13 febbraio 1991 |
| Executive producer | Giuseppe Auriemma |
| Production | Augusto Caminito, Giovanni Bertolucci |
| Writer | John Cleland, Bernardino Zapponi, Tinto Brass |
| Casting | Claudio Bernabei |
| Editing | Tinto Brass, Fiorenza Muller, Emanuela Lucidi, Giovanna Ritter, Pasquale Cuzzupoli |
| Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti, Luciano Teolis, Ettore Corso, Massimo Di Venanzo, Vittorio Rocchetti, Gianfranco Salis, Camillo Sabatini, Renato Palmieri, Andrea Doria, Massimo Galiano, Jean Michel Poggioli, Marco Vitali |
| Assistant directors | Germano Tarricone, Francesco Ascione, Tinto Brass, Carla Cipriani |
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Release dates
Theatrical release
Finland / Aug 09, 1991 / K-18
Spain / Sep 06, 1991 / 18 / Madrid
Argentina / Oct 31, 1991 / 18
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Germany / Nov 14, 1991 / 18
Portugal / Jun 10, 1994 / M/18
Türkiye / Jul 08, 1994 / 18+
Physical media
France / Feb 22, 2007 / 16 / DVD
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