Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
"Diario segreto da un carcere femminile" (original title)

A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.

Director:

Rino Di Silvestro

Writers:

Rino Di Silvestro, Jack Lyons (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Anita Strindberg, Eva Czemerys, Jenny Tamburi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anita Strindberg	...	Hilda
Eva Czemerys	...	Mother S.
Jenny Tamburi	...	Daniela Vinci
Cristina Gaioni	...	Religious prisoner
Gabriella Giorgelli
Bedy Moratti	...	Pyromaniac
Umberto Raho	...	Daniela's lawyer
Massimo Serato	...	Warden
Elisa Mainardi	...	Prison Matron
Franco Fantasia	...	Chief-inspector
Olga Bisera	...	Gerda - the Chief Matron
Valeria Fabrizi	...	Napolitana
Paola Senatore	...	Musumeci
Roger Browne	...	Inspector Weil
Annie Carol Edel

Storyline

A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.

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Plot Keywords:

nipples | nudity | water | bare breasts | w.i.p | 

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Taglines:

What makes a nice girl die in a place like this?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy USA

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

August 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love and Death in a Women's Prison

Company Credits

Production Co:

Angry Film, Aquarius Film, Overseas Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Nostalgia Critic: The Cell (2011)

User Reviews

Get back in the sack you rotten lesbo.

When you have a queue of 500 movies, you sometimes forget why you picked a particular one. I am not a women-in-prison completest, so maybe I just wanted to see Paola Senatore (Eaten Alive, Story of a Cloistered Nun), Jenny Tamburi (The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine) or Anita Strindberg (The Eroticist) again. It simply escapes me. Two WIP movies in the same day may be excessive, but it happened by accident.

This one starts with a good car chase through the Italian streets as Hilda (Anita Strindberg) is getting her anal exam by a matron after entering prison to find out where Daniela's (Jenny Tamburi) boyfriend hid the heroin and save her father.

It isn't long before we see our first lesbian encounter. Isn't that why we watch WIP movies? Along with the obligatory shower scenes. Of course, the guards (matrons) get their turn, too. Then there are the prison yard fights where the object is to rip the clothes of your opponent.

The "riot" in the prison yard was a hoot. They turned the firehouses on the girls, and it was like water hoses. They stripped and got wet.

Just another day in prison.