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Return to Mortville
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DirectorSusan Arosteguy
Runtime0h 14m
GenresDocumentary
Release2026-06-23
Film

Return to Mortville

2026· 0h 14m· Documentary

Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the site of Mortville, the twisted penal colony inhabited by fugitives, outcasts, and deviants – including hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel and her fed-up housekeeper – and presided over by the despotic Queen Carlotta.

2026-06-23
Return to Mortville

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Details

Released2026-06-23
Runtime0h 14m
StatusReleased
StudiosThe Criterion Collection
LanguagesEnglish
Original languageen

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