Frauengefängnis (1975)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Jesus Franco (writer)
Connie Grau (script)

Release Date:

23 April 1976 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to prison, Ladies!

Plot Keywords:

Island | Death | Women's Prison | Lesbian | Torture

Cast

Lina Romay	...	Maria da Guerra
Paul Muller	...	Carlos Costa (as Paul Müller)
Monica Swinn	...	The Wardress (as Monika Swinn)
Roger Darton	...	Milton Warren
Ronald Weiss	...	The Warden
Martine Stedil	...	Bertha Contrini
Eric Falk	...	Nestor
Peggy Markoff	...	Pompadour
Nathalie Mann
Denis Torre
Raymond Hardy	...	José (as Ray Hardy)
Beni Cardoso	...	Rosaria Cortina

Also Known As:

Barbed Wire Dolls (USA)
Caged Women (UK)
Woman Caged (Philippines: English title)
Women's Penitentiary IV

Runtime:

90 min | Australia:74 min (cut) | Germany:78 min | UK:76 min (cut)

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | UK:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Elite Film

Trivia:

Paul Muller, the Swiss actor who played Carlos Costa, was dubbed by Gerd Duwner.

Quotes:

[Maria finds a dead mouse under the food on her plate]
Maria da Guerra: Ah! A mouse!
Guard: What's wrong?
Maria da Guerra: I found a mouse here on my plate. Look at it!
Guard: So what? It adds protein to your diet.
[Guard pushes Maria's face onto the plate]

Movie Connections:

Edited into Les gardiennes du pénitencier (1979)

Anything worse?

Can a movie get worse? ever? I bought this movie, not hoping to find great directing or acting. Just nudes and erotica, yet, the BAD acting, BAD directing and lack of anything that shows someone put some effort into making this piece of.. film, was Very annoying. The only, ONLY, good thing about this film is Martine Stedil. Sorry, but Lina Romay just doesn't do it for me. Martine is a Beauty. And you get to see close ups of her 'private' parts! Other than that, the film is Awful. The lack of respect to the viewer shows in every scene. It was like watching a film made for the mentally retarded. Films for children would still be more clever. I'm saying this, and I didn't expect to watch something intellectual or artsy.. just beautiful nude girls being canned, raped, abused, etc. Yet I just couldn't swallow the amount of sh** in this 'film'. 2/10 for the presence of Martine Stedil.