X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
"X312 - Flug zur Hölle" (original title)

A plane leaving the turmoil of a South American country in the midst of a revolution crash-lands in the Amazon jungle in Brazil. Among the passengers are a corrupt banker who is smuggling ... See full summary »

Director:

Jesús Franco

Writers:

Artur Brauner (story), Arne Elsholtz (dialogue),

Stars:

Thomas Hunter, Gila von Weitershausen, Hans Hass Jr.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Thomas Hunter	...	Tom Nilson - Reporter
Gila von Weitershausen	...	Miss Steffi (as Gila v. Weitershausen)
Hans Hass Jr.	...	Carlos Rivas
Fernando Sancho	...	Bill - Steward / Paco
Esperanza Roy	...	Annamaria Vidal
Ewa Strömberg	...	Mrs. Wilson (as Ewa Stroemberg)
Siegfried Schürenberg	...	Bankpräsident Alberto Rupprecht
Howard Vernon	...	Pedro
Paul Muller	...	John Somers (as Paul Müller)

Storyline

A plane leaving the turmoil of a South American country in the midst of a revolution crash-lands in the Amazon jungle in Brazil. Among the passengers are a corrupt banker who is smuggling diamonds out of the country, a reporter, a mysterious beauty and a shady flight attendant. The survivors find themselves up against not only the dangers of the jungle itself but a band of headhunters and a gang of revolutionaries who are looking for the smuggled diamonds.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | lesbian | airplane accident | lesbianism

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

West Germany Spain

Language:

German

Release Date:

20 August 1971 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

X312 - Flight to Hell

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 9,602,690 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Cite S.L., Fénix Cooperativa Cinematográfica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Lukas: Lass die Unterwäsche an (2001)

User Reviews

Uncle Jess' Jolly Jungle Adventure!

The legendary euro-sleaze filmmaker Jess Franco directed an average of 5 movies per year during the early 70's, so naturally not all of his films are genuine masterpieces, or even remotely good movies for that matter. The majority, however, are truly entertaining and even grew out to become most wanted cult treasures that are difficult to come across on DVD. "X312 – Flight To Hell" is another extremely obscure and rarely seen film from The Godfather of Sleaze, and even though it certainly doesn't rank among his finest efforts, it's an action-packed and exiting exploitation adventure with cargo loads of rancid sex, paltry dialogs and nasty violence. The plot is extremely unoriginal but straightforward, as it introduces a series of highly sinister characters traveling over the Amazon jungle in a ramshackle airplane. One of the passengers is a corrupt bank director who's fleeing from the authorities with a briefcase of stolen diamonds attached to his arm. When the plane crash-lands in the middle of the Amazonian jungle and the survivors have to rely on each other in order to find their way out, some of passengers' true nature begins to show. Especially when the greedy flight captain Paco finds out about the valuable stolen loot, the lives of the rest of the passengers aren't worth a penny anymore. Franco's portrayal of the dangerous Amazon jungle is rather tame, actually. There are almost no virulent animal-attacks (apart from a handful of plastic alligators) or cannibalistic tribes, and most of the cast members die as a result of banal accidents or personal struggles. Sex and nudity, on the other hand, there is plenty! I guess only a director like Jess Franco is capable of mixing the concept of a jungle survival-trek with extended footage of lesbian sex and SM-torturing. The camera-work and editing is almost intolerably amateurish, with fast and uncontrolled movements that are unclear and difficult to follow. At least Bruno Nicolai's score is excellent and – surprisingly enough – the acting performances are far above average! The heroic male lead Thomas Hunter has quite the ideal charisma for his role and Franco regulars Howard Vernon ("The Awful Dr. Orloff", "Virgin Among The Living Dead") and Fernando Sancho ("Return of the Blind Dead", "Demon Witch Child") make great villains. The female starlets mainly serve as sexy eye-candy. Particularly Esperanza Roy impresses with her … um … big rack.