Dangerous Liaisons
“Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.”
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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Cast
19 people
Glenn Close
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
Known for
101 Dalmatians
What Happened to Monday
John Malkovich
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Known for
RED
Bird Box
Michelle Pfeiffer
Madame Marie de Tourvel
Known for
Scarface
Dark Shadows
Uma Thurman
Cécile de Volanges
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Pulp Fiction
Swoosie Kurtz
Madame de Volanges
Known for
Pushing Daisies
Liar Liar
Keanu Reeves
Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
Known for
The Matrix
John Wick
Mildred Natwick
Madame de Rosemonde
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
Barefoot in the Park
Peter Capaldi
Azolan
Known for
Doctor Who
World War Z
Joe Sheridan
Georges
Known for
Versailles
Hitman
Valerie Gogan
Julie
Also in
Hamish Macbeth
One More Kiss
Laura Benson
Emilie
Known for
Spencer
Touch Me Not
Joanna Pavlis
Adèle
Known for
French Kiss
Stephen Frears Director · Christopher Hampton Screenplay Choderlos de Laclos Author
Worldwide gross $35M · Budget $14M · United States release December 21, 1988
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$34,670,720
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Production
NFH Films
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
NFH Productions
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1988
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · December 21, 1988
Limited theatrical
United States
February 24, 1989 · Theatrical
Australia
March 9, 1989 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 23, 1989 · Theatrical · IMDB
August 31, 2022 · Digital · mj.gov.br - NETFLIX
Czechia
December 5, 2002 · Digital
France
March 22, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
April 13, 1989 · Theatrical
Greece
April 13, 1989 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 9, 1989 · Theatrical
Italy
March 17, 1989 · Theatrical
Japan
September 16, 1989 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 3, 1989 · Theatrical
July 13, 2002 · TV · RTL 5
March 21, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
January 8, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Philippines
August 11, 1989 · Theatrical
Poland
December 31, 1988 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 3, 1989 · Theatrical
Spain
March 10, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 10, 1989 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 10, 1989 · Theatrical
July 27, 1989 · Physical
XC
October 1, 1992 · Physical
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