4.7/10
750
19 user 18 critic

Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)

Frauengefängnis (original title)
BPjM Restricted | | Crime, Drama, Horror | 1977 (USA)
Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Director:

(as Jess Franco)

Writers:

, (script) | 1 more credit »
Reviews

Photos

Add Image Add an image

Do you have any images for this title?

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Eugénie (1973)
Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

Eugenie, a beautiful but shy young girl, lives with her stepfather, a famous writer specializing in stories of erotica. One day she happens to read one of his "erotic" books and its power ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Andrea Montchal
Venus in Furs (1969)
Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on the group of wealthy sadists responsible for her death.

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm
Action | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.6/10 X  

Somewhere in the jungles of South America mercenaries stop a truck which has allegedly loaded fruit. The cargo turns out to be six young women. Apprehended and handed over to the custody of the local women's prison.

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Karine Gambier, Howard Vernon, Susan Hemingway
99 Women (1969)
Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.9/10 X  

New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Maria Schell, Luciana Paluzzi, Mercedes McCambridge
Eugenie (1970)
Drama | Horror
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5/10 X  

An innocent girl goes to spend the weekend on an island with a woman and her brother, but soon she finds herself entangled in a web of dream-like sexual experiments.

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Maria Rohm, Marie Liljedahl, Jack Taylor
Action | Adventure | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.8/10 X  

In all the annals of exploitation cinema, there has never been anything quite like it: Take a luscious young bride (beautiful Playboy centerfold Ursula Fellner) thrust into a brutal prison ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Ajita Wilson, Andrea Guzon, Ursula Buchfellner
Crime | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.9/10 X  

A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Nathalie Chape
Horror
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.6/10 X  

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her ... See full summary »

Directors: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar
Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5/10 X  

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Horst Tappert
Horror
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.6/10 X  

Ilsa, now a vicious warden, runs a mental-hospital for young women. A girl deliberately "checks" in to the hospital to find out what has happened to her sister who stayed there. Meanwhile ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Dyanne Thorne, Tania Busselier, Lina Romay
Certificate: BPjM Restricted Horror
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5/10 X  

An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Muller
Love Camp (1977)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.8/10 X  

A group of women are kidnapped by guerrillas and forced to serve as prostitutes for them in a jungle brothel. The sadistic female warden decapitates uncooperative girls.

Director: Jesús Franco
Stars: Nanda Van Bergen, Ada Tauler, Monica Swinn
Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
...
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 (as Peggy Markhoff)
Nathalie Mann
Denis Torre
Raymond Hardy ...
José (as Ray Hardy)
Beni Cardoso ...
Rosaria Cortina
Edit

Storyline

Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

Welcome to prison, Ladies! See more »


Certificate:

BPjM Restricted | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

1977 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Barbed Wire Dolls  »

Filming Locations:


Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (cut) | (cut)

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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]
See more »

Connections

Referenced in Bite Me! (2004) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
A Real Sicko's Sickfest...
8 April 2006 | by (australia) – See all my reviews

This is one for the real deranged sex maniacs out there. There's virtually no plot just one flimsy excuse or another to show helpless women being sexually tortured and degraded. There are plenty of laughs to be had if that sort of thing rocks your boat, though. One outrageous scene has Jess Franco playing in-mate Lina Romay's father who attempts to rape her in slow motion...only trouble is they actually act (very badly) in slow motion live rather than slow down the actual film!!! incredible! Franco's worst? Hardly, It's actually one of his filthy sadistic best as there is no time to get bored for a change (a rarity with his movies!). Fans of that ol' Spanish zoom lens we've come to know and love will not be disappointed. Wild and crazed as only Franco could do..he out viles the ILSA series with ease here.Perfectly putrid!(and I loved every moment!)


25 of 27 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
The 'slow motion' flashback winotr0n
Discuss Barbed Wire Dolls (1976) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?