 Banknotes in 50, 100, 500, and 1000 lire denomination were printed by the Republic.As issuer, the country was not mentioned on them, but rather only the Bank of Italy.Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" is an adaptation of Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom", set in the Republic of Salò instead of 18th century France.