Violenza in un carcere femminile (Violence in a Women's Prison) (Caged Women) (1982)
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One of cult director Jesus Franco's best-known efforts, this Swiss-West German co-production was his first collaboration with producer Erwin C. Dietrich, who would release numerous Franco efforts through his Elite Film studio. It seems like a standard women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as… More One of cult director Jesus Franco's best-known efforts, this Swiss-West German co-production was his first collaboration with producer Erwin C. Dietrich, who would release numerous Franco efforts through his Elite Film studio. It seems like a standard women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria, jailed for life after killing her father when he tried to rape her. There's a lesbian warden, more rape, torture, insanity, and so forth, with the obligatory conspiracy and a downbeat twist ending to round out the formula. What makes this film different from many others in the subgenre is its unremitting atmosphere of despair and sleaziness, a quality Franco and Dietrich also brought to the similar Greta, Haus Ohne Maenner two years later. Monica Swinn co-stars with Paul Muller, Ramon Ardid, and -- in an expectedly tacky bit of casting -- the director himself as Maria's lecherous father. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruno Mattei
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Special Interest
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 11, 1982 Wide
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Cast
- Peter Paul Muller
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Lina Romay
as Maria
- Monica Swinn
- Ramon Ardid
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Laura Gemser
as Emanuelle/Laura
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Gabriele Tinti
as Dr. Moran
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Lorraine De Selle
as Warden
- Maria Romano
- Ursula Flores
- Franca Stoppi
- Raul Cabrera
