Love Camp (1981)
"Die Todesgöttin des Liebescamps" (original title)

The young daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie "free love" cult called "The Children of Light" by the blond boyfriend of the cult's leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman... See full summary »

Director:

Christian Anders

Writer:

Christian Anders

Stars:

Laura Gemser, Christian Anders, Gabriele Tinti

Cast

Cast overview:
Laura Gemser	...	The Divine One
Christian Anders	...	Dorian
Gabriele Tinti	...	Gabriel
Maximilian Wolters
Simone Brahmann	...	Patricia Benneman
Fini
Bob Burrows	...	Senator Benneman
Sascha Borysenko	...	Tanga (as Sacha Borisenko)

Storyline

The young daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie "free love" cult called "The Children of Light" by the blond boyfriend of the cult's leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman. The cult turns out to be not quite the "free" love community it presents itself to be.

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Plot Keywords:

us senator | hand job | hypocrisy | softcore | female removes her clothes | 

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Genres:

Crime

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

10 April 1981 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Divine Emanuelle: Love Cult

Filming Locations:

Limassol, Cyprus

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chranders

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 98 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo (re-release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Near the end of the film, after the Divine One's musclebound henchman falls into the supposedly "bottomless" pit, his head and shoulders pop back up near the end of the shot - revealing that the "pit" is actually a three-foot-deep hole in the ground.

User Reviews

"Hair" in a cult prison camp

This is one of those hippie/"free love"-type films that were big in the early 1970's (complete with some truly insipid musical numbers) except that it was made in 1980 and was also obviously influenced by the very unpleasant series of Nazi prison camp movies that were big in the mid to late 70's. The resulting hybrid is truly bizarre. Members who violate the "free love" ethos of the cult (i.e. by trying to have monogamous relations or refusing to prostitute themselves to perverted outsiders for money)are whipped and tortured. Laura "Black Emanuelle" Gemser is the main attraction here, playing the supreme leader of the cult. I'm sure no one has ever complained about her numerous nude and sex scenes, but she does seem a little miscast as an Ilsa, the Wicked Warden type (she's a svelte, submissive Asian, not a tall, dominant Teutonic type). The plot (in so much as there is one) involves a naive senator's daughter who is seduced into the cult by Gemser's ridiculously blonde, male second-in-command. The movie plays out like a softcore version of "Hair" with an occasional beating and torture sequence and maybe a nod here and there to the Manson Family and the then recent Guyana tragedy. Not really recommended, but if you enjoy this sort of thing.. .