The Savior (1971 film) explained

The Savior
Director:	Michel Mardore
Producer:	Michel Mardore
Starring:	Horst Buchholz Muriel Catala
Music:	Pierre Jansen
Cinematography:	William Lubtchansky
Editing:	Françoise Bonnot
Studio:	Nadja Films
Distributor:	Nadja Films
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

Le Saveur is a 1971 French film directed by Michel Mardore, adapted from his own novel, and starring Horst Buchholz and Muriel Catala. Set in occupied France in 1943 Buchholz plays a supposed wounded English airman, Claude, and Catala plays the girl Nannette who falls for him. The supposed airman is soon revealed to be a cruel Nazi officer.^{[1] [2]}

Production

Michel Mardore said he asked Muriel Catalá to shave her pubes to accentuate her childlike appearance. "This should have sold the film in Japan, since the Japanese abhor pubic hair and only accept the female nude when the woman is shaved..."^[3]

Notes and References

1. James L. Limbacher. Sexuality in World Cinema. Volume 2. 1983, p. 1190: "SAVIOR, THE (1971) (C) A teenaged girl and a French resistance man have a love affair during World War II and when he returns years later, the girl shoots him because he had wiped out the resistance fighters in her town. Horst Buchholz is the man and Michel Mardore wrote and directed."
2. Web site: Review of the film le Sauveur (1971). 2005.
3. Web site: Les scènes croustillantes de Muriel Catalá nu intégral . jeuxstars.canalblog.com . 7 February 2022 .