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Comte de Mirabeau's 18th century story Le Libertin de qualité was brought to television in the late 20th century series Série rose: Les Chefs d’œuvre de la littérature érotique

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Série rose: Les Chefs d’œuvre de la littérature érotique (literal English: pink series, the masterpieces of erotic literature) is a French television series of 28 episodes of 26 minutes each, produced by Pierre Grimblat and broadcast on French television channel FR3 from November 8 1986 to 1990.

The series consisted of adaptations of libertine fiction from the European literary canon, original authors included Marguerite of Navarre, Comte de Mirabeau, Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne, Anton Chekhov, Chaucer, Guy de Maupassant, Jean de La Fontaine, Théophile Gautier, Daniel Defoe and Aristophanes.

Directors included Belgian director Harry Kumel (Daughters of Darkness), French colleague Michel Boisrond (Cette sacrée gamine) and Polish director Walerian Borowczyk (The Beast). Harry Kumel's contributions were separately released as The Secrets Of Love: Three Rakish Tales. Walerian Borowczyk directed four episodes for the series: Almanach des adresses des demoiselles de Paris, Un traitement justifié, Le Lotus d'or, and L'Experte Halima.

Série rose was bought by German and South-American and American television where they were known as Erotisches zur Nacht or Softly from Paris (USA).

Most notable appearance is that of Pedro Almodóvar ensemble cast member Penélope Cruz.

Episodes

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see list of episodes from Série rose

1. Augustine de Villebranche by Sade
2. La Fessée after a story by Marguerite de Navarre, directed by Harry Kumel
3. Le Libertin de qualité after a story by Comte de Mirabeau, directed by Christian Faure
4. L'Élève, after a story by Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne
5. La Serre, directed by Harry Kumel
6. Une villa à la campagne, directed by Maurice Fasquel, after Anton Chekhov
7. Le Demi-mariage, after a story by Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne
8. Le Partenaire inattendu, after a story by Chaucer
9. La Revanche, directed by Harry Kumel
10. La Mandragore, directed by Harry Kumel
11. L'Épreuve de l'amour
12. Elle et lui, starring Penélope Cruz
13. Almanach des adresses des demoiselles de Paris, directed by Walerian Borowczyk
14. Un traitement justifié, directed by Walerian Borowczyk
15. La Dame galante, Isabelle Mergault (scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
16. Les Leçons de Bucciuolo, directed by Péter Gárdos
17. La Conversion
18. Le Lotus d'or, written by Patrick Pesnot, directed by Walerian Borowczyk
19. L'Experte Halima, directed by Walerian Borowczyk
20. À la feuille de rose, maison turque, after a novel by Guy de Maupassant
21. La Gageure des trois commères, after a fable by Jean de La Fontaine
22. Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale, after a novel by Théophile Gautier
23. Le Style Pompadour, directed by Michel Boisrond
24. Lady Roxane, after Daniel Defoe's Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
25. La Grève de l'amour, after the Lysistrata story by Aristophanes
26. Le Signe directed by Fred Hilberdink