After seeing this film, I now know why Tinto Brass was selected as the director of Caligula.  The decadence, degradation and perversion of that movie are some of the ingredients found here, a 1976 European effort.

Although costing far less money than Caligula, Salon Kitty is actually more polished.  The film’s decadence is used to set the stage and create a mood, not merely to serve as the story itself, as in Caligula.

Twenty girls, whose political views favor Hitler, are chosen to serve as prostitutes in a whorehouse run by Madam Kitty (Intrid Thulin) during the early part of WWII.  They receive their training by engaging in sex with a variety of very strange people.  As the story progresses, we see how some of the girls and their German officer clients become disillusioned with Hitler, realizing they are merely pawns being used in a struggle for power.

This is a oversimplification of the story, but to tell more would ruin an intriguing plot.  Salon Kitty flows nicely; the acting is superb, particularly by Thulin and Helmut Berger as a sadistic Nazi commander.  There’s lots of nudity, simulated sex and some graphic violence.  Don’t miss this one.