''Fräulein Devil'', also known as ''Captive Women 4'', ''Elsa: Fraulein SS'' and ''Fraulein Kitty'', is a 1977

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Nazi exploitation Nazi exploitation (also Nazisploitation) is a subgenre of exploitation film and sexploitation film that involves Nazis committing sex crimes, often as camp or prison overseers during World War II. Most follow the women in prison formula, only r ...

film.

Plot

This stars

Malisa Longo Malisa Longo (born 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer. Life and career Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, at young age Longo moved to Rome where she started a career as a model; she entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, win ...

as the cruel

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Elsa, a former hooker with a penchant for S&M, a love for leather boots and nakedness, and a hatred of the

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. It is set during the final days of

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. The

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plans to reward good Nazi officers and weed out

traitors Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

by sending a "Pleasure Train" through

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. The train is populated by beautiful

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who will service soldiers while gaining info on those who had betrayed the Reich.

Background

had previously played a small role in the successful 1976 film ''

Salon Kitty Salon Kitty was a high-class Berlin brothel used by the Nazi intelligence service, the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD), for espionage purposes during . Created in the early 1930s, the salon was taken over by SS general Reinhard Heydrich and his sub ...

'', which landed her the lead roles in two French imitation films, ''Fräulein Devil'' and ''Helga, She Wolf of Spilberg'', both of which were shot back-to-back in 1977; the former was shot on the same sets as ''Train Spécial Pour SS'' (aka ''Hitler's Lust Train''), a nearly identical film without Longo's involvement from a few months previously. All three films utilized the same director, crew, and supporting cast. The trio of French films follows the formula of the 1974 hit ''

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS ''Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS'' is a 1975 Canadian exploitation film about Ilsa, a sadistic and sexually voracious Nazi prison camp commandant. The film is directed by American filmmaker Don Edmonds and produced by David F. Friedman for Cinépix Fi ...

'' which starred

Dyanne Thorne Dyanne Thorne (October 14, 1936 – January 28, 2020) was an American actress, stage performer and vocalist. She was known for her stage work in Las Vegas and as the lead actress in the ''Ilsa'' film franchise which began with ''Ilsa, She Wolf ...

as a brutal prison camp commandant, however, ''Fräulein Devil'' also borrowed some plot and stylistic elements from ''Salon Kitty'', which allowed the film to be successfully advertised in both North American and European markets with separate emphasis; The "war adventure stories" style of the ''Ilsa'' series in the former and the Nazi

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gimmick in the latter.

External links

* 1977 films French exploitation films Nazi exploitation films 1970s exploitation films 1970s English-language films 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub