A three-hour fever dream where Budapest's underbelly becomes a canvas for obsession and excess.
Gangsters, guns and girls for sale...primal lust, jealousy and ferocity...a society on the brink of collapse. John Stagliano's epic exploration of the dangerous and sexually mysterious ancient city of Buda now comes with director's commentary and tons of extra footage and special features.
Cinematography
Gritty Budapest locations that reek of authentic desperation.
Direction
Stagliano's unhinged three-hour directorial indulgence.
Director
John Stagliano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stagliano shot this between adult films, using his own money and industry connections to cast recognizable faces from his other work.
The 1997 Budapest setting captures post-communist Eastern Europe's raw criminal energy that Hollywood wouldn't touch for another decade.
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