SS Experiment Love Camp (1976)
"Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur" (original title)

Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.

Director:

Sergio Garrone

Writers:

Sergio Chiusi (story), Sergio Garrone,

Stars:

Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi, Giorgio Cerioni

Cast

Cast overview:
Mircha Carven	...	Helmut
Paola Corazzi	...	Mirelle
Giorgio Cerioni	...	Col. von Kleiben
Giovanna Mainardi
Serafino Profumo	...	The Sergeant
Attilio Dottesio	...	Dr. Steiner
Patrizia Melega	...	Dr. Renke
Almina De Sanzio
Matilde Dall'Aglio
Agnes Kalpagos	...	Margot

Storyline

This is a sleazy WW2 Nazi camp movie which plays more like a black comedy. In this film the poor female POW's get raped and groped by all and sundry at the camp. In an amusing comic twist the commandant decides he wants a new pair of testicles and so removes them from one of the hunky guards. The guard doesn't seem to realise he's been castrated until he goes to bonk one of the French prisoners. This provides one of the most amusing scenes when he confronts the commandant and says "You Bastard. what have you done with my Balls?".

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Plot Keywords:

prisoner | experiment | testicles | nazi | acronym in title | 

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Taglines:

Sex experiments in pursuit of a better tomorrow!

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Genres:

Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

16 November 1976 (Italy)

Also Known As:

S.S. Experiment

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Società Europea Films Internazionali Cinematografica (SEFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Early 2006 UK DVD release of the film on the Blackhorse label mistakenly featured the film "Love Camp" (aka Love Camp) and included photographs of star Laura Gemser on the reverse sleeve. This was corrected in October 2006 by the second release of the DVD, which replaced the photos with text on the reverse sleeve.

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Quotes

Helmut: How ya been doin' with my balls!

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Connections

Referenced in Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000)

User Reviews

Be Thankful For How Appalling This Is

"SS Experiment Camp", as it's known in Britain, first found fame with its promotional poster - in the early days of video in the UK, when only cheap titles were being released, video store owners brightened up their shops with its lurid artwork of a tortured semi-naked girl hanging upside down in a prison yard, with the spooky face of an evil Nazi officer hovering behind. The result was outrage, and the beginning of the Video Nasties panic, resulting in the banning of this and almost 80 other films.

I don't think "SS Experiment Camp" is currently available uncut anywhere in the world, which is hardly surprising - even Anchor Bay would turn their noses up at this one. Obviously it's in UNBELIEVABLY poor taste, and yes it does take ludicrous liberties with its portrayal of Nazi death camps, but what really stands out about this movie is how appallingly bad it is. All these things come together most startlingly in the memorable scene where a lady prisoner, who has been repeatedly raped to orgasm by a sadistic female doctor, piles marmalade onto her bread and sighs "I haven't had marmalade for ages...if these guys keep treating us like this, they've got my vote!" Jaw-dropping.

The torture scenes aren't very realistic, but they're INCREDIBLY mean-spirited (the even-worse sequel to this movie, the charmingly titled "SS Camp 5: Women's Hell" has more torture, which the filmmakers absolutely revel in). "SS Experiment Camp" is a very, very badly made film - those of us with a taste for extremely sick kitsch watch it for its ludicrous, campy sleaziness - for which we should be thankful. If it was a well-made film, it would be pretty impossible to watch without puking your guts up.