SEVERIN CELEBRATES THE MOST ICONIC NAME IN EROTIC CINEMA WITH LANDMARK BOX SET
11-Disc SAGA EROTICA: THE EMMANUELLE COLLECTION Showcases 4 UHD Premieres, Plus 15+ Combined Hours of Special Features, 2 Soundtrack CDs & More
Los Angeles, CA (September 15th, 2025) Severin Films announced their 11-disc collection honoring the legendary erotica that changed cinema forever and whose global legacy endures today. SAGA EROTICA: THE EMMANUELLE COLLECTION showcases the four films that launched the groundbreaking erotic persona and remain the indelible foundation of the series: EMMANUELLE, EMMANUELLE 2, GOODBYE EMMANUELLE and I, EMMANUELLE.
1974’s global sensation EMMANUELLE – which launched the careers of star Sylvia Kristel and director Just Jaeckin – revolutionized portrayals of female sensuality on screen and cemented itself as the decade’s seminal erotic work worldwide. Reprising her role twice more, Kristel again starred in 1975’s EMMANUELLE 2 – showcasing a lush soundtrack by Academy Award® winner Francis Lai – and in 1977’s GOODBYE EMMANUELLE – which marks the final embrace of the original trilogy and features a score by the legendary Serge Gainsbourg. The fourth disc in the collection is actually ‘the first’; the rarely-seen 1969 Italian production I, EMMANUELLE starring Erika Blanc and inspired by the then-newly published memoir from Emmanuelle Arsan. All four films have been scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives with 15+ combined hours of new & archival Special Features, 2 Bonus Soundtrack CDs and a 128-page booklet of original essays, Sylvia Kristel artwork and more.
The box set is also available in The Softcore/Hardcover Bundle, which includes Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol – “A gorgeous coffee-table book, a titanic tome and a proper tribute to the ethereal beauty and undeniable spark of the late Sylvia Kristel” (McBastard’s Mausoleum) – by author/historian Jeremy Richey. The 334-page hardcover explores the uncompromising career of Sylvia Kristel film by film featuring all-new interviews, over 200 poster art images and photos, vintage reviews and interviews with Kristel never before translated into English and much more.
Pre-orders for SAGA EROTICA: THE EMMANUELLE COLLECTION and The Softcore/Hardcover Bundle begin today at SeverinFilms.com
EMMANUELLE
THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERE
It launched the iconic careers of director Just Jaeckin and star Sylvia Kristel, redefined cultural perceptions of ‘adult entertainment’ and transformed female sexuality on screen forever. Now “the seminal film of ‘70s erotic cinema” (DVD Talk) can be experienced in UHD for the first time in North America: Based on the bestselling memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan, a diplomat’s wife (Kristel) unlocks her deepest carnal desires in the bedrooms and back rooms of Bangkok. This 3-disc presentation includes the Original Theatrical Release and Director’s Cut – which removes the one sequence filmed without Jaeckin’s permission – both scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal and approved by camera operator Robert Fraisse, with 6+ hours of Special Features that include a revealing new featurette on Arsan, the U.S. Premiere of the 2000 documentary A HARD LOOK directed by Alex Cox (REPO MAN) and much more.
Special Features for EMMANUELLE:
Disc 1: UHD (Films + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
● French Trailer
Disc 2: Blu-ray (Films + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
● A Slightly Scandalous Character – Interview With Actress Marika Green
● Producing EMMANUELLE – Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
● Filming EMMANUELLE – Interview With Camera Operator Robert Fraisse
● Fabric & Fantasy: Costume As Character Development – Video Essay By Fashion And Costume Historian Elissa Rose
● The Channel – Actress Liane Curtis On Her Mother, Dubbing Artist Paulette Rubinstein
● Interview With Marayat Rollet-Andriane (aka Emmanuelle Arsan) On The Set Of THE SAND PEBBLES (1966)
● The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 1 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel, Director Just Jaeckin And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
● French Trailer
● U.S. Trailer
Disc 3: Blu-ray (Special Features)
● Signed, Emmanuelle Arsan – Interview With Camille Moreau, Author Of Emmanuelle Arsan: Biography Of A Pseudonym
● Interview With Director Just Jaeckin For FILMO TV
● A HARD LOOK (2000) – TV Documentary By Filmmaker Alex Cox
● Emmanuelle In Ontario – Video Essay On The Canadian Censorship Battle By Journalist Eric Veillette
Feature Specs for EMMANUELLE:
● Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
● Audio: French Mono, English Mono
● Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
● Runtime: Original Theatrical Version: 94 mins / Director's Cut: 93 mins
● Region: UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray Disc 1: A, Blu-ray Disc 2: A/B/C
● HDR10
EMMANUELLE 2
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
Sylvia Kristel returns in the role that made her an icon, this time with a sweeping soundtrack by Oscar® winner Francis Lai (LOVE STORY, A MAN AND A WOMAN) and several of the most sensuous sequences of the decade, presented in UHD for the first time ever: Emmanuelle joins her husband in Hong Kong, where she will discover new realms of desire including the legendary massage scene featuring Laura Gemser that would inspire the BLACK EMANUELLE series. Umberto Orsini (GOODBYE EMMANUELLE) and Venantino Venantini (EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE) co-star in the international erotic classic directed by fashion photographer Francis Giacobetti “that pushes softcore boundaries to their limits” (DVD Beaver), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal and approved by cinematographer Robert Fraisse, with 3+ hours of new & archival Special Features that include on-set interviews with Kristel, rare behind-the-scenes footage and Giacobetti’s final interview before his death, plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD and more.
Special Features for EMMANUELLE 2:
Disc 4: UHD (Film + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat
● International Trailer
● U.S. Trailer
Disc 5: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat
● Audio Interview With Director Francis Giacobetti
● Producing EMMANUELLE 2 – Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
● Filming EMMANUELLE 2 – Interview With Cinematographer Robert Fraisse
● Mondo Emmanuelle – Ethnography And Softcore With Dr. Jennifer Moorman, Assistant Professor Of Communication And Media Studies
● Filming Report For Swiss TV
● The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 2 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
● International Trailer
● U.S. Trailer
● Radio Spots
Disc 6: Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for EMMANUELLE 2:
● Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
● Audio: French Mono, English Mono
● Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
● Runtime: 91 mins
● Region: UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: A
● HDR10
GOODBYE EMMANUELLE
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
The original erotic saga ends here, with Sylvia Kristel saying goodbye to the role that embodied cinematic sensuality and a score by the legendary Serge Gainsbourg – featuring the main title theme performed by Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – presented in UHD for the first time ever: Now living in the stunning Seychelles, Emmanuelle and her husband (Umberto Orsini) test the bonds of their open marriage via their most sensual couplings yet. Alexandra Stewart (DAY FOR NIGHT) and Charlotte Alexandra (IMMORAL TALES) co-star in “the beautifully-lensed final entry in the trilogy” (Blu-ray.com) directed by François Leterrier (PRIVATE SCREENING), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal with over 2 hours of Special Features that include archival interviews, an exploration of the series’ music, a revealing a new featurette on Kristel’s life & career and more.
Special Features for GOODBYE EMMANUELLE:
Disc 7: UHD (Film + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Writer/Professor Of Modern Culture And Media Dr. Veronica Fitzpatrick
● International Trailer
● U.S. Trailer
Disc 8: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Writer/Professor Of Modern Culture And Media Dr. Veronica Fitzpatrick
● Beyond Emmanuelle: Sylvia Kristel's Life And Career – Interviews With Jeremy Richey, Author Of Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle To Chabrol, And Leila Wimmer, Senior Lecturer In Film Studies At London Metropolitan University
● Audio Erotica – The Music Of The Emmanuelle Series With Soundtrack Journalist Daniel Schweiger
● The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 3 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
● International Trailer
● U.S. Trailer
● Radio Spots
Feature Specs for GOODBYE EMMANUELLE:
● Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
● Audio: French Mono, English Mono
● Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
● Runtime: 98 mins
● Region: UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: A
● HDR10
I, EMMANUELLE
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
The first-ever Emmanuelle movie is this virtually unknown and rarely seen 1969 Italian production inspired by the then-newly published memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan: In a career-best performance by Erika Blanc of THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE and THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE fame, a despondent newswoman in search of tenderness takes on multiple lovers in a cold world of loveless contradictions. Adolfo Celi (THUNDERBALL, DANGER: DIABOLIK) and Sandro Pizzochero (THE SLASHER IS THE SEX MANIAC) co-star in this “thoughtful, realistic and anything-but-typical sex flick” (Video Vacuum) directed by Cesare Canevari (THE GESTAPO’S LAST ORGY) from a screenplay co-written by journalist/activist/folksinger Graziella Di Prospero with a score by Gianni Ferrio (DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with nearly 3 hours of Special Features that include rare archival interviews with Canevari and Blanc, plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD.
Special Features for I, EMMANUELLE:
Disc 9: UHD (Film + Special Features)
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
● Trailer
Disc 10: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)
● Introduction By Kier-La Janisse, Author Of House Of Psychotic Women
● Audio Commentary With Film Historian Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
● A Director À La Française – Interview With Director Cesare Canevari
● Memoirs Of Emmanuelle – Interview With Actress Erika Blanc
● A Man For Emmanuelle – Interview With Actor Sandro Pizzochero
● Protagonist And Subject – Video Essay By Filmmaker Carl Elsaesser
● Concerning Emmanuelle – Archival Interview With Cesare Canevari
● Trailer
Disc 11: Soundtrack CD
Feature Specs for I, EMMANUELLE:
● Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
● Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono
● Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
● Runtime: 98 mins
● Region: UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: A
● HDR10