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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.

Contents

Episodes

Episodes

List of episodes with main characters and director.

  1. "Augustine de Villebranche" (Marquis de Sade - Alain Schwartzstein)
  2. "La Fessée" (Marguerite de Navarre - Harry Kümel)
  3. "Le Libertin de qualité" (Comte de Mirabeau - Juan Luis Buñuel)
  4. "L'élève" (Nicolas-Edme Rétif - Harry Kumel)
  5. "La Serre" (Guy de Maupassant - Harry Kumel)
  6. "Une villa à la campagne" (Anton Chekhov - Maurice Fasquel)
  7. "Le Demi-mariage ou Le triomphe de la vertu" (Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne - Harry Kumel)
  8. "Le Partenaire inattendu" (Geoffrey Chaucer - Alain Schwartzstein)
  9. "La Revanche" (Guy De Maupassant - Harry Kumel)
  10. "La Mandragore" (Niccolò Machiavelli & Jean de La Fontaine - Harry Kumel)
  11. "L'Épreuve de l'amour" (Giuseppe Celentano - Alain Schwartzstein)
  12. "Elle et lui" (Marquis de Mirabeau Mirabeau - Jaime Chavarri)
  13. "Almanach des adresses des demoiselles de Paris" (anonyme 1791 - Walerian Borowczyk)
  14. "Un traitement justifié" (Giovanni Boccaccio - Walerian Borowczyk)
  15. "La Dame galante" (Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme - Don Kent)
  16. "Les Leçons de Bucciuolo" (Ser Giovanni Fiorentino - Péter Gárdos)
  17. "La Conversion" (Andrea de Nerciat - Christian Faure)
  18. "Le Lotus d'or" (Jin Ping Mei - Walerian Borowczyk)
  19. "L'Experte Halima" (One Thousand and One Nights - Walerian Borowczyk)
  20. "À la feuille de rose, maison turque" (Guy de Maupassant - Michel Boisrond)
  21. "La Gageure des trois commères" (Jean De La Fontaine - Michel Boisrond)
  22. "Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale" (Théophile Gautier - Michel Boisrond)
  23. "Le Style Pompadour" (Marquis de Foudras - Michel Boisrond)
  24. "Lady Roxanne" (Daniel Defoe - Jaime Chavarri)
  25. "La Grève de l'amour" (Lysistrata d'Aristophane - Nino Monti)
  26. "Le Signe" (Guy de Maupassant - Fred Hilberdink)

Cast

In Germany: Erotisches zur Nacht

On German television, the series was dubbed Erotisches zur Nacht:

- 1. Der Wüstling {Der Wüstling} (Le libertin de qualit?) - 2. Die Weiberwette {Die Weiberwette} (La gageure des trois commeres) - 3. Das türkische Haus {Das türkische Haus} (A la feuille de rose, maison turque) - 4. Der Schüler {Der gelehrige Schüler} (L'eleve) - 5. Villa auf dem Lande {Das Landhaus} (Une villa ? la campagne) - 6. Die Geprügelte {Die Strafe} (La fessel) - 7. Das Gewächshaus {Das Treibhaus} (La serre) - 8. Augustine {Die Liebeslist} (Augustin de Villagrache) - 9. Die Versuchung {Das Zeichen} (Le signe) - 10. Königin der Nacht {Traumnächte} (Hercule aux pieds d'omphale) - 11. Eine gerechte Belehrung {Weiberlist} (Un traitement justifie) - 12. Eine halbvollzogene Hochzeit {Die halbvollzogene Ehe} (Le demi mariage) - 13. Rache ist süß {Rache ist süß} (Le revanche) - 14. Der Liebeszauber {Der Liebeszauber} (La mandragore) - 15. Die Liebesprobe {Die Liebesprobe} (L'épreuve d'amour) - 16. Der unerwartete Partner {Die keusche Meisterin} (Le partenaire inattendu) - 17. Für jeden etwas {Für jeden etwas} (L'almanach des adresse) - 18. Von Jungfer, Weib und Witwe {Von Jungfer, Weib und Witwe} (Les dames galantes) - 19. Sie und Er {Verwirrspiele} (Elle et lui) - 20. Lady Raxana {Lady Roxane} (Lady Roxan) - 21. Die Launen der Natur (La conversion) - 22. Die goldene Lotusblume (Le lotus d'or) - 23. Der göttliche Trunk (L'experte halima) - 24. Die königliche Mätresse (Le style Pompadour) - 25. Der Liebesstreik(La grevede l'amour) - 26. Eine lustvolle Lektion (Les lecons de Buccuiolo)


See also

see list of episodes from Série rose




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