''Jungle Warriors'', also called ''The Czar of Brazil'' (Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle, "Your Path Leads Through Hell", in Germany) is an action film, released in the United States in November 1984. The film was shot in
Mexico
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and the old
West Germany
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, but recreated the scenario of a South American jungle. Though is not a well-known film, it stars -among other recognized names-
Sybil Danning
Sybil Danning (born Sybille Johanna Danninger) is an Austrian actress, model, and film producer. She is best known for her frequent appearances in B movies during the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography Early years and first films
Born in Austria, Dannin ...
(a famous American B-movie actress),
Dana Elcar
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(
MacGyver
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In both po ...
's boss on the celebrated TV series) and
Paul L. Smith
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(who appeared in movies like ''
Midnight Express'', ''
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'' and ''
Red Sonja
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''). Renowned movie star
Dennis Hopper
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had a secondary role on the film, but later was replaced by actor
Marjoe Gortner
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.
Plot
A group of gorgeous American models take a long trip to South America, to participate in a photo session on a location deep in the jungle, apparently somewhere around Peruvian tropical forest. While flying over a cocaine plantation, their plane is shot down by Cesar, a dangerous drug lord, and the girls are taken prisoner by his army. Cesar suspects that an undercover police officer is among the models (in fact, one of the women actually is a special agent), so he orders his mercenaries to drag the girls into his dungeon for interrogation. After being tortured by Angel, Cesar's sister, and cruelly gang-raped by all soldiers, the models are imprisoned in an underground cell to await Cesar's decision whether to execute them or keep them as slaves for his soldier's "entertainment". With the help of an old female servant, the models manage to escape from the basement jail and get some guns. As they make their way toward freedom, they run into a high-level Mafia meeting there in Cesar's manor. A final gunfight breaks out as the women fight to take revenge and escape alive.
The movie follows the line of
sexploitation films (with a mix of
Women in prison film
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Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by ...
and
rape and revenge films
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Explanation of the subgenre
Rape and revenge films generally follow the same three-ac ...
), being a low-budget production with some nudity and rough sexual-violence. In fact, it contains a large rape scene, showing the defenseless girls tied by the wrists to the dungeon's ceiling and fences and being sadistically stripped, groped and abused by dozens of soldiers. Precisely, this strong scene made the film rated R and, consequently, couldn't aim to a mass audience. On later releases and in the edited for T.V. version, this scene has been deleted, to allow for a wider audience.
Cast and crew
Director ...
Writers ... Robert Collector, Marc Furstenberg.
Cast:
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Nina Van Pallandt
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Acting
Van Pallandt acted on television and in films. From 1969 to the early 1970s, she appeared as a guest on several episodes of t ...
... Joanna Quinn
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Paul L. Smith
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... Cesar Santiago
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John Vernon
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... Vito Mastranga
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Alex Cord
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... Nick Spilotro
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Sybil Danning
Sybil Danning (born Sybille Johanna Danninger) is an Austrian actress, model, and film producer. She is best known for her frequent appearances in B movies during the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography Early years and first films
Born in Austria, Dannin ...
... Angel
*
Marjoe Gortner
Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is a former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four, due to his extraordi ...
... Larry Schecter
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Woody Strode
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... Luther
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Kai Wulff
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He is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Colonel Yuri Voskov in ''Firefox'' and 'The German' in ''Three Amigos''.
He appeared in the films '' Twilight Zone: ...
... Ben Sturges
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Dana Elcar
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... D'Antoni
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Suzi Horne ... Pam Ross
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Mindi Iden
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Entertainment
Globex Shopping Mall is at NH Road accessible here. There is a multiplex with 5 screens.
Transport
APSRTC buses are available here from city.
;APSRTC
Andh ...
... Marci
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Kari Lloyd ... Brie Klinger
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Ava Cadell ... Didi Belair
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Myra Chason ... Cindy Cassidy
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Angela Robinson ... Monique Rogers
See also
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Sybil Danning
Sybil Danning (born Sybille Johanna Danninger) is an Austrian actress, model, and film producer. She is best known for her frequent appearances in B movies during the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography Early years and first films
Born in Austria, Dannin ...
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Action film
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B-movie
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Sexploitation film
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Rape and revenge films
Rape and revenge films are a subgenre of exploitation film that was particularly popular in the 1970s, but attracted controversy as a target of extreme cinema.
Explanation of the subgenre
Rape and revenge films generally follow the same three-ac ...
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Women in prison film
The women in prison film (or WiP film) is a subgenre of exploitation film that began in the early 20th century and continues to the present day.
Their stories feature imprisoned women who are subjected to sexual and physical abuse, typically by ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0087523, title=Euer Weg führt durch die Hölle
1984 films
1980s action adventure films
German action adventure films
West German films
1980s exploitation films
Sexploitation films
Rape and revenge films
Women in prison films
Films set in South America
English-language German films
1980s English-language films
1980s German films