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Bookmark this pageDecadence (1993)
Director: Steven Berkoff
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From Time Out Film Guide
Berkoff is the sneering adulterer, Collins the snooty aristo - and the parallel characters, scuzzbag private dick and arriviste housewife. The fringe play (from which this is drawn) usually delivers a short, sharp shock, but here Berkoff's stagy direction dissipates most of the scathing wit and pleasing vulgarity. The film resembles a video shot from the front row of the audience. She romps on silk sheets; he writhes at the crack of a riding crop. Dreadful.Author: ACh
Cast & crew
Director: Steven Berkoff
Producer: Lance Reynolds, Christoph Meyer-Wiel
Cast: Joan Collins, Steven Berkoff, Christopher Biggins, Michael Winner, Marc Sinden, Edward Duke full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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