Hundra (1983)

Director:

Matt Cimber

Writers:

José Truchado (screenplay) &
John F. Goff (screenplay)

Release Date:

1983 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

A woman of beauty. A warrior of strength. A hunter of man.

Plot:

Born in a tribe of fierce warrior women, Hundra has been raised to despise the influence of men. An archer...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Scene Before Opening Credits | Servant | Narrator | Battle

Cast

Laurene Landon	...	Hundra
Cihangir Gaffari	...	Nepakin (as John Ghaffari)
María Casal	...	Tracima
Ramiro Oliveros	...	Pateray
Luis Lorenzo	...	Rothrar
Tamara	...	Chrysula
Victor Gans	...	Landrazza
Cristina Torres	...	Shandrom
Bettina Brenner	...	Hundra's Mother
María Vico	...	Midwife
Fernando Bilbao	...	Torente (as Fernando Bilbao 'Fred Harris')
Jorge Bosso	...	Gordoza
Elena Segovia	...	Young Girl
Hilda Fuchs	...	Mother of Girl
Fernando Martínez	...	Cave People Chief
Lola Peno	...	1st Torente Wife
Julia Castellanos	...	2nd Torente Wife
Elsa Zabala	...	Tribal Woman
Mario De Barros	...	Priest 1
Adolfo Heredia	...	Priest 2
Larry	...	Beast
Alicia Fernández Cavada	...	Hundra Villager
Arrate Zubizarreta	...	Hundra Villager
Conchita De Grado	...	Hundra Villager
Maria Luisa Crespo	...	Hundra Villager (as María Luisa Crespo)
Azucena Hernández	...	Hundra Villager
Eva Lyberten	...	Hundra Villager
Sally O'Neill	...	Hundra Villager
Ana Gervasone	...	Hundra Villager
Elke Stolzemberg	...	Hundra Villager
Margarita Herrera	...	Temple Girl
Juana Gracia	...	Temple Girl
Pat Izquierdo	...	Temple Girl
Catherine Basseti	...	Temple Girl (as Catherine Bassetti)
Paola Matos	...	Temple Girl
Berenguela Parres	...	Temple Girl
María Jésus Visedo	...	Temple Girl
Roxane Kingsley	...	Temple Girl
Devora Howle	...	Temple Girl
Pedro Fournier	...	Chieftain
Frank Braña	...	Chieftain
Eduardo Fajardo	...	Chieftain
Alito Rodgers Jr.	...	Chieftain (as Alito Rogers jr.)
Román Ariznavarreta	...	Chieftain (as Román Ariznabarreta)
Kunio Kobayashi	...	Chieftain
Guillermo Antón	...	Chieftain
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John F. Goff	...	Would-be back alley rapist (uncredited)

Directed by
Matt Cimber

Writing credits
José Truchado		(screenplay) &
John F. Goff		(screenplay) (as John Goff)

Produced by
Cihangir Gaffari	....	producer (as John Ghaffari)
Edward L. Montoro	....	executive producer
Jefferson Richard	....	co-producer
José Truchado	....	executive producer
José Truchado	....	producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
John Cabrera

Film Editing by
Claudio M. Cutry		(as Claudio Cutri)
Juan Serra

Set Decoration by
José María Tapiador

Costume Design by
Agustín Jiménez

Makeup Department
Cristóbal Criado	....	key makeup artist
Paquita Trench	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Diego Gómez Sempere	....	production manager (as Diego G. Sempere)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yousaf Bokhari	....	second assistant director
José Luis García Berlanga	....	first assistant director
Carlos Scola	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Mary Jo Devenney	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Carlo De Marchis	....	special effects makeup (as Carlo Di Marchis)

Stunts
José Bellido	....	stunts
Cabares Carballo	....	stunts
Rafael Gomez Castro	....	stunts
Solier Fagundez	....	stunts (as Solier Gagundes)
José García García	....	stunts (as Jose Garcia Garcia)
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos	....	stunts (as Luis Gutlérrez)
Francisco Gómez	....	stunts
Rafaél Gómez	....	stunts
Javier Inglés	....	stunt coordinator
Ignacio Losada	....	stunts (as Ignacio Cosada)
Juan Montoya Garcia	....	stunts
Juan Montoya Muhoz	....	stunts
Carlos Montoya	....	stunts
Enrique Montoya	....	stunts
Rafael Montoya	....	stunts
José Panizo	....	stunts
Pedro Parra	....	stunts
Miguel Pedregosa	....	stunt performer
Antonio Santagio	....	stunts
Eugenio Serrano	....	stunts
José María Serrano	....	stunts (as Jose Maria Serrano)

Other crew
Paco Ardura	....	wrangler (as Francisco Ardura)
Jorge Costalo	....	assistant wrangler
Basilio Escudero	....	assistant wrangler
Juan Moncedero	....	assistant wrangler
Carlos Alonzo Roco	....	assistant wrangler (as Carlos Alonso Roco)

Production Companies

• Continental Movie Productions
• S.T.A.E. Productions

Distributors

• Film Ventures International (FVI) (198?) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmayer (1983) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Joy Pack Film (1985) (Japan) (theatrical)
• BijouFlix Releasing
• Great Movies (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• MTC Video (1984) (Greece) (VHS)
• Media Home Entertainment (198?) (USA) (video)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Phoenix (Brazil) (VHS)
• Subversive Cinema (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Thorn-EMI Video (198?) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

90 min | USA:109 min (DVD version)

Country:

Spain | USA

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Spain:13 | UK:18 | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Iceland:(Banned) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Germany:12 (heavily cut) (2001) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2013)

Filming Locations:

Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Continental Movie Productions

Trivia:

All the dialogue for this film was looped in post-production.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984)

Bow to the bull.

Beautiful blonde warrior woman Hundra (Laurene Landon) would rather have a good horse between her legs than a man, but after a savage attack on her tribe by a horde of hairy barbarians she is forced to seek out a mate to ensure the continuation of her people.

Matt Cimber's Hundra supposedly turns the tables on the male-dominated fantasy genre with a barbarian woman who is more than a match for any man; it soon becomes apparent, however, that the feminist angle is just for show, the film exploiting its female star's physical appeal—and that of the other women in the film—just as much as any other B-movie trash. Bad news for the women's liberation movement, but good news for fans of sexy ladies in small loincloths.

Landon's wooden delivery of her lines makes it abundantly clear that she was not hired for her acting ability, but rather for her sex appeal and athleticism. Hundra might swing her sword as skillfully as any Cimmerian, but she does so in a skimpy outfit that frequently gives glimpses of her shapely behind; when she's not fighting, she likes to go for a naked ride through the surf on her horse.

Cheap titillation aside, Cimber's movie is at its most entertaining whenever there is fighting, the blood flowing freely as Hundra hacks and stabs at her opponents; however, there is a prolonged absence of action once our heroine enters a city where the local high priest, whose temple doubles as a knocking shop for barbarians, vows to add her to his stock of subservient women. While avoiding capture, Hundra falls in love, gets pregnant, gives birth to a daughter, and teaches a slave girl how to fight, all of which is fairly dull to watch.

Things eventually pick up for a rousing finalé (aided immensely by Ennio Morricone's epic score) in which Hundra rallies the women to revolt against their captors, but despite more bloodletting and the hilarious demise of the high priest (a woman suffocates him by straddling his face), Hundra remains a fairly mediocre affair overall.