Black Emanuelle (1975)
"Emanuelle nera" (original title)

In her first onscreen adventure, journalist/photographer Mae Jordan (known to her readers as "Emanuelle") travels to Africa on assignment. Questions of her own racial and sexual identity ... See full summary »

Director:

Bitto Albertini

Writers:

Bitto Albertini, Ambrogio Molteni

Stars:

Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert, Angelo Infanti

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Laura Gemser	...	Mae Jordan / Emanuelle
Karin Schubert	...	Ann Danieli
Angelo Infanti	...	Gianni Danieli
Isabelle Marchall	...	Gloria Clifton
Gabriele Tinti	...	Richard Clifton
Don Powell	...	Professor Kamau
Venantino Venantini	...	William Meredith

Storyline

In her first onscreen adventure, journalist/photographer Mae Jordan (known to her readers as "Emanuelle") travels to Africa on assignment. Questions of her own racial and sexual identity come to a head as she observes the troubled marriage of her hosts, Ann and Gianni Danieli. Matters are complicated further when Emanuelle finds herself in affairs with both of them, after which she flees Africa, only to be persued by Gianni, who had earlier rejected her and ridiculed her advances.

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Plot Keywords:

africa | topless female nudity | brunette | female frontal nudity | promiscuous woman | 

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Taglines:

A new experience in sensuality.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

Spain Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

October 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Emanuelle's Holiday

Filming Locations:

Amboseli Lodge, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emaus Films S.A., Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche, San Nicola Produzione Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On original advertising art as well as on original prints of the film, Laura Gemser is credited simply as "Emanuelle," rather than by her own name.

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Goofs

There are obvious body doubles during the hardcore scenes.

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Connections

Followed by La via della prostituzione (1978)

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Soundtracks

"An Impossible Love"
Written by Don Powell
Performed by Don Powell

User Reviews

Sex on the Serengeti as amorous Asian actress arouses Africa!

Would it be splitting hairs to point out that the Emanuelle in question is not "black" but Indonesian? I suppose it's no more silly or abstract than LL Cool J being Robin Williams' full-blood brother ("Toys"). Sumptuous cinematography, creative carnality, and the gorgeous (Laura) Gemser, pre-empt all political incorrectness. Pedophiliac permutations "pop up" (when a 12-year-old native boy eagerly presents Emanuelle with a phallic "good luck" icon and says "I give it to you!") and are "purged" and pacified when, a short time later, she drinks a strange potion at a ceremony, copulates on the ground with an anonymous, young tribal dancer (in full view of villagers and friends), and realizes she has had meaningless sex (well, duh!). Whatever happened to Laura Gemser's brief foray into straight cinema when she starred with Michael Landon in a 1983 made-for-tv movie? I give this sex-seared safari seven sharp spears, six shrunken skulls, five fat ferrets, and a porn queen in a pear tree!