Aurora Rumelin is happy because the noble writer Leopold Sacher-Masoch has asked for her hand. Little by little the marriage goes into crisis mainly because Leopold asks his wife to beat him before sexual relations and to treat him like a slave. Both spouses have lovers and, in the end, the marriage ends in divorce.

Genres

Cast

Paolo Malco

Leopold (Leopold von Sacher Masoch)

Francesca De Sapio

Wanda (Aurora Rumelin)

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Alexander

Inga Alexandrova

Irina

Remo Remotti

Grunwald

Valeria D'Obici

Ulda

Dario Mazzoli

Staudenheim

Franca Lumachi

Levatrice

Mario Castaldi

Servo