''Le deportate della sezione speciale SS'' (internationally released as ''Deported Women of the SS Special Section'', ''SS Special Section Women'' and ''Deported Women'') is a 1976 Italian
erotic- drama film directed by
Rino Di Silvestro
Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to ''Op bop pop nip'', ...
. The film is considered the first Italian
Nazi exploitation film, after the "auteur" progenitors such as
Liliana Cavani's
art film ''
Il portiere di notte
''The Night Porter'' ( it, Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gab ...
'' and
Tinto Brass'
exploitation film ''
Salon Kitty''.
Plot
In
Nazi Germany, a group of female prisoners are transported by train to an
SS concentration camp and subjected to torture by the camp commandant (
John Steiner) and his guards which include a lesbian warden. There is also a joint suicide by
cyanide
Cyanide is a naturally occurring, rapidly acting, toxic chemical that can exist in many different forms.
In chemistry, a cyanide () is a chemical compound that contains a functional group. This group, known as the cyano group, consists of a ...
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
South America 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
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John Steiner: Herr Erner
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Lina Polito: Tania Nobel
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Erna Schürer
Erna Schürer (born August 18, 1942) is an Italian actress, model and television hostess, sometimes credited as Erna Scheurer or Erna Schuler.
Life and career
Born in Naples as Emma Costantino, Schürer moved to Milan where began a career as g ...
: Kapo Helga
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Sara Sperati: Monique DuPré
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Solvi Stubing: Fräulein Greta
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Guido Leontini: Dobermann
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Stefania D'Amario
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: Angela Modena
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Rik Battaglia
Rik Battaglia (byname of Caterino Bertaglia; 18 February 1927 – 27 March 2015) was an Italian film actor. He was born at Corbola, near Rovigo, Veneto.
He mainly used the stage name of Rik Battaglia although alternate names he used for his fi ...
: Soldier Fredrick
Production
Lina Polito was terrified when she read the script, especially for nude scenes.
Rino Di Silvestro
Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to ''Op bop pop nip'', ...
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.
See also
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List of Italian films of 1976
References
External links
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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
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