Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (pronounced "saad"; June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814), was a French aristocrat and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography, as well as some strictly philosophical works; much of his writing was done while in prison. His name is the source of the word sadism.

Films

Perhaps unsurprisingly, de Sade's life and writings have proved irresistible to filmmakers. While there are surely an uncountable number of pornographic films based on his themes, here are some of the more mainstream movies based on his history or his works of fiction:

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• Marat/Sade, a film of the Peter Weiss play (1966)
• ' directed by Jesus_Franco (1968)
• Eugenie...The Story of Her Journey into Perversion aka Philosophy in the Boudoir (1969)
• De Sade (1969)
• Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
• Cruel Passion (1977)
• Marquis (1989)
• Dark Prince (1996)
• Sade (1999)
• Quills (2000)