Kaput lager - gli ultimi giorni delle SS (1977)

Durng World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and... See full summary »

Director:

Luigi Batzella

Writer:

Luigi Batzella

Stars:

Richard Harrison, Lea Lander, Isarco Ravaioli

Cast

Cast overview:
Richard Harrison	...	Maj. Lexman
Lea Lander	...	Dr. Lessing, SS Afrika Korps
Isarco Ravaioli	...	Lt. Keller
Agnes Kalpagos	...	Clara (as Agnese Kalpagos)
Gino Turini	...	Sergeant (as John Brown)
Zaira Zoccheddu	...	Jewish girl
Mauro Mannatrizio
Italo Gasperini
Mike Monty	...	Max (as Mike Monti)
Gordon Mitchell	...	Kommandant von Stolzen

Storyline

Durng World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and torturing prisoners. The major organizes an escape attempt using the camp's nubile female doctor as a hostage.

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | nazi experiment | sadist | desert | evil | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 January 1977 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Aavikkotiikerit

Company Credits

Production Co:

International Cine Holiday

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Gestapo's Last Orgy (2012)

User Reviews

Richard Harrisson, the cheapest

Luigi Batzella, best known under his Eurociné pseudonym Yvan Kathansky, has directed a fine piece of nazi camp sexploitation that mixes not so well with a military drama. The fights are badly choregraphed, the actors are a shame and the storyline seems a bit improvised.

Technically this ain't a reference; at times, the image is so dark you can barely see what's happening. Richard Harrisson, the cheapest mustached hero ever, teams up once again with Gordon Mitchell (they worked together for another of Batzella's fine moments, BLACK GOLD) and with newcomer Lea Landers (the terrified girl we appreciated in Mario Bava's RABID DOGS) as an attempt to create thorn characters that will grip our hearts. They fail miserably and we are stuck with a sometimes funny but overall strange movie. Just give an ear to the music playing in the background during the orgy scenes and you'll get my feeling.

This movie is great for Batzella fans like me, but if you're not familiar with this psycho-trashic director, stay away.