Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Original Italian Poster

Country	Italy France
Directed by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Release Date	1975
Language	Italian French German
Studio	Produzioni Europee Associate Les Productions Artistes Associés

Main Cast
Character	Actor
The Duke	Paolo Bonacelli
The Bishop	Giorgio Cataldi
The Magistrate	Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
The President	Aldo Valletti
Signora Castelli	Caterina Boratto
Signora Maggi	Elsa De Giorgi
Signora Vaccari	Hélène Surgère
The Pianist	Sonia Saviange

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (original Italian title Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, another English release title Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom), is a 1975 Italian-French movie directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is a loose adaptation of the book The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, and the story is set in the time of the Italian Fascist Republic of Salò, existed in 1943–1945. The film was extremely controversial due to its intensely graphic violence and sexual deviance. It was the last work of Pasolini who was murdered in November 1975 three weeks before the film premiered at the Paris Film Festival.

The following weapons were used in the film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom:

Pistols

Beretta Model 70

Out of time Beretta Model 70 pistols are used by the main characters - The Duke (Paolo Bonacelli), The Bishop (Giorgio Cataldi), The Magistrate (Umberto Paolo Quintavalle) and The President (Aldo Valletti), and by several guards.

Beretta Model 70 - .32 ACP

An OVRA officer (Alessandro Gennari) holds a Beretta Model 70 (OVRA - Organo di Vigilanza dei Reati Antistatali, a security service in Fascist Italy).

A guard (Giuseppe Patruno) holds his pistol at the head of young man. The "PB - Mod. 70 - Made in ITALY" is seen on the slide of the pistol.

The grip is seen.

The Bishop readies a pistol.

The Magistrate, The Bishop and The President fire at guard Ezio.

The Magistrate, The Bishop, The President and The Duke hold pistols.

The Duke kills Ezio.

Another view of The Duke's pistol.

Submachine Guns

Beretta Model 38A

Four guards (Maurizio Valaguzza, Claudio Troccoli, Ezio Manni and Fabrizio Menichini), credited as Collaborators, are armed with Beretta Model 38A submachine guns.

Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm

An OVRA officer holds a Beretta submachine gun.

Two collaborators hold Beretta submachine guns (Maurizio Valaguzza at the left, Claudio Troccoli at the right). They are dressed in the uniform of Decima Flottiglia MAS, an Italian commando frogman unit.