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Women in Cell Block 7

Original title: Diario segreto da un carcere femminile
  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973)
  • Crime
  • Drama
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
247
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  • Director
    • Rino Di Silvestro
  • Writers
    • Rino Di Silvestro
    • Jack Lyons(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Anita Strindberg
    • Eva Czemerys
    • Jenny Tamburi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Rino Di Silvestro
  • Writers
    • Rino Di Silvestro
    • Jack Lyons(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Anita Strindberg
    • Eva Czemerys
    • Jenny Tamburi
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    • 6User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973)
    Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973)
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    Valeria Fabrizi in Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973)
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    Eva Czemerys, Anita Strindberg, and Paola Senatore in Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973)

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    Anita Strindberg
    Anita Strindberg
    • Lily Musumecias Lily Musumeci
    Eva Czemerys
    Eva Czemerys
    • 'Mammasantissima'as 'Mammasantissima'
    Jenny Tamburi
    Jenny Tamburi
    • Daniela Vincias Daniela Vinci
    Cristina Gaioni
    Cristina Gaioni
    • Religious prisoneras Religious prisoner
    Gabriella Giorgelli
    Gabriella Giorgelli
    • Prisoner from Bolognaas Prisoner from Bologna
    Bedy Moratti
    • Pyromaniacas Pyromaniac
    Umberto Raho
    Umberto Raho
    • Daniela's lawyeras Daniela's lawyer
    Massimo Serato
    Massimo Serato
    • Prison Directoras Prison Director
    Elisa Mainardi
    Elisa Mainardi
    • Prison Matronas Prison Matron
    Franco Fantasia
    • Chief-inspectoras Chief-inspector
    Olga Bisera
    • Gerda - the Chief Matronas Gerda - the Chief Matron
    Valeria Fabrizi
    • Prisoner from Romeas Prisoner from Rome
    Paola Senatore
    Paola Senatore
    • 'Mammasantissima' loveras 'Mammasantissima' lover
    Roger Browne
    Roger Browne
    • Inspector Weilas Inspector Weil
    Annie Carol Edel
    Annie Carol Edel
    Carlo Gentili
    Carlo Gentili
    • Police Commissioneras Police Commissioner
    Giulio Maculani
    • Carmelo Musumecias Carmelo Musumeci
    Giuseppe Mattei
      • Director
        • Rino Di Silvestro
      • Writers
        • Rino Di Silvestro
        • Jack Lyons(additional dialogue) (US version)
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      Storyline

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      To save her father, Carmelo Musumeci, whom a gang of drug traffickers accuse of making 20 kilos of heroin "disappear," young Lilly is incarcerated--insulting two traffic police officers--to get in touch with a girl, Daniela Vinci, who knows how things really went. Ignoring that her father died falling from a ruined house trying to escape the gang, Lilly manages to wrest the drugs from the young woman after some futile attempts, and while mysterious recluses, with a supervisor's complicity, terrorize Daniela to prevent her from speaking. But knowing the truth will be of no use because, warned by the prison's director, a faithful servant of the drug traffickers will--after his release--kill both her and the police commissioner to whom he had entrusted the information obtained by Daniela. —Cinematografo
      • grindhouse film
      • female frontal nudity
      • exploitation
      • giallo
      • cavity search
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      • Taglines
        • Fiery Passions of Women Behind Bars
      • Genres
        • Crime
        • Drama
      • Certificate
        • R
      • Parents guide

      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        The film carried many titles all over the world. Most of them dealt with crime, violence, heroin, and sex. Censorship in many countries progressed strongly towards a number of scenes of intrusive character.
      • Connections
        Featured in Trailer War (2012)

      User reviews6

      Review
      Top review
      3/10
      Paragon video strikes again
      I just watched this movie put out by Paragon Video (usually hit or miss with Paragon, always low budget) and I gave it a 3/10. There are some really amazing car chase scenes where guys are driving through back alleys in Europe full speed with about a foot on either side of the car and they seem to be doing an awesome job at it! I was really impressed.

      Those Europeans know how to drive!

      Other than that, the first half hour of the movie is full of "lesbian" scenes", (more like horny guy fantasy lesbian scenes) that seem to go on forever. I got bored. But after the endless lovemaking, the movie KIND OF gets ok.

      It is about a woman who got framed to carry drugs in the car that she knew nothing about. She gets sent to women's prison and people try to make her "talk" all the time, but she doesn't have the info they want. Then there's another lady there who's father is mixed up in the deal and this lady wants the other girl to talk, too. But she goes about it in a much nicer way.

      There is, of course, the lesbian prison guard who acts really tough and tries to spy on naked women. There's the tough girl who knows all the stuff that goes down in the prison and tries to be friends with everyone for her benefit. She, also, is very sexually frustrated and wants to get with everyone. There seems to be a lot of sexually frustrated women in this prison. One fakes being sick to go to the male doctor so she can get it on with him.

      This is not why I sort of liked the movie. I just thought it had an interesting story. I liked the "protest rally" where everyone chanted already-known demands to the warden about how their bathrooms are dirty and the prison guards are mean. There is a really funny scene where some women are eating chicken rather fiercely. The makeup on the girl that was framed ends up looking really gross by the end. Her eyes are totally red and it looks rather disturbing. There is a long gun chase scene that got boring real fast. Bascially this movie is pretty predictable and just good for cheap thrills.

      If you like exaggerated tough women, you will like this movie. It's your basic "women in prison" movie.
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      • ethylester
      • Apr 17, 2003

      Details

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      • Release date
        • August 1974 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • United States
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • Love and Death in a Women's Prison
      • Production companies
        • Angry Film
        • Aquarius Film
        • Overseas Film Company
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 21 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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