Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon Brando forever stained by Last Tango in Paris butter rape

By Karl Quinn
Updated December 5 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 7:38pm
In this 1972 file photo originally provided by United Artists, Director Bernardo Bertolucci, left, Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider are shown during the filing of <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: AP Photo/United Artists
In this 1972 file photo originally provided by United Artists, Director Bernardo Bertolucci, left, Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider are shown during the filing of <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: AP Photo/United Artists
Marlon Brando with Marie Schneider and Bernardo Bertolucci in Bertolucci's film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
Marlon Brando with Marie Schneider and Bernardo Bertolucci in Bertolucci's film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
French actor Maria Schneider sits in a bathtub in the film,<em>Last Tango in Paris</em>, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Photo: United Artists/Courtesy of Getty Images
French actor Maria Schneider sits in a bathtub in the film,<em>Last Tango in Paris</em>, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Photo: United Artists/Courtesy of Getty Images
Hefty age gap:  Marlon Brando, 48, and Maria Schneider, 19 star in Bernardo Bertolucci's film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
Hefty age gap: Marlon Brando, 48, and Maria Schneider, 19 star in Bernardo Bertolucci's film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando in the 1972 film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Supplied
Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando in the 1972 film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>. Photo: Supplied

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