El Satario (Spanish: The Satyr), also known as El Sartorio or ”The Devil”, is the name of one of the earliest surviving pornographic films. Based on the fashions and technology depicted, it was likely produced in Argentina around 1907, and includes possibly the first use of extreme close-ups of genitalia. One author has suggested that it may instead date to 1930s Cuba.[2] It has also been suggested that the film is intended as a parody of Vaslav Nijinsky's ballet Afternoon of a Faun.[3]
| El Sartorio | |
|---|---|
The full film | |
| Directed by | Anonymous |
Production company | Pathi |
| Distributed by | Something Weird Video (1970)[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Silent |
Plot
editWhile a group of nude young women are frolicking in the countryside, a satyr appears (called a devil in a titlecard), causing the women to flee. One of the women faints and is sexually assaulted by him, first in 69 position and then in various penile-vaginal positions, until he ejaculates in her vagina. At points he also attempts to finger her anus, an act she vigorously resists. The other women then return and put him to flight.
Release
editThe Kinsey Institute dates the film between 1907 and 1912.[4] Journalist Kurt Tucholsky described in a 1913 article his experience viewing several stag films in Berlin, one of which has a similar description to El Satario.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Una criatura mitológica, seis ninfas y un filme clandestino: por qué hay quienes dicen que la primera película porno es argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). p. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2007). Black and White and Blue: Adult Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ECW Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 9781554903023.
- ^ Slade, Joseph W. (1993). "BERNARD NATAN: FRANCE'S LEGENDARY PORNOGRAPHER". Journal of Film and Video. 45 (2/3): 72–90.
- ^ "El Satario". IUCAT Kinsey Institute.
- ^ Tucholsky, Kurt (1965). Ausgewählte Werke (in German). Rowohlt Verlag. pp. 54–56.
External links
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- El Satario at IMDb
- El Satario is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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