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directed by Rino Di Silvestro. The film is considered the first Italian

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film, after the "auteur" progenitors such as

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'' Il portiere di notte'' and

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, a group of female prisoners are transported by train to an SS

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and subjected to torture by the camp commandant (

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) and his guards which include a lesbian warden. There is also a joint suicide by

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capsule of a guard and his inmate lover just before they are forced to make love before the entire camp. Meanwhile the commandant develops an infatuation with a particular inmate, Tania Nobel, who he was in love with before the war and who rejected him in favor of another man, who is later murdered on the orders of the commandant. After initially attempting to starve herself, she feigns falling in love with him. However, following an evening together in the commandant's bedroom, he reveals his plan to escape to

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and in an act of revenge, Tania severs his manhood using a hidden razor blade in her vagina during their love making. During the film's climax whilst allowing the other inmates to escape, she guns down a group of SS guards, only to then be shot herself by one of the fatally wounded guards.

Cast

: Herr Erner * Lina Polito: Tania Nobel *

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: Kapo Helga *

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: Dobermann * Stefania D'Amario: Angela Modena * Rik Battaglia: Soldier Fredrick

Production

Lina Polito was terrified when she read the script, especially for nude scenes. Rino Di Silvestro told her, and then had him add on her contract, that she would never shoot completely naked, but in the end, on the screen, she would appear as if she were. She had a little coverage, a triangle on her pubis and stars on her nipples. Silvestro filmed it in such a way that these covers were never seen. And she finally looked naked, but she wasn't.

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* 1976 films 1970s erotic drama films Italian erotic drama films Nazi exploitation films 1970s exploitation films Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani 1976 drama films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films {{erotic-film-stub

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