''Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk'' (also known as ''Velluto nero'' and ''Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle'') is a 1976 sexploitation film directed by

Brunello Rondi Brunello Rondi (26 November 1924 – 7 November 1989) was a prolific Italian screen writer and film director best known for his frequent script collaborations with Federico Fellini. His brother, Gian Luigi Rondi, was an Italian film critic. Bi ...

. Despite the alternate title, and the presence of

Laura Gemser Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer. She is primarily known for her work in Italian erotic cinema, most notably the ''Emanuelle'' series. Many of her films were collabo ...

, it has no relation to other ''Emanuelle'' films and doesn't feature any characters with that name.

Plot

Fashion model Laura and her abusive husband Carlo travel to Egypt to visit Laura's wealthy but sexually frustrated friend Crystal. Laura soon befriends Crystal's liberated daughter Pina, and falls under the spell of corrupt spiritual guru Horatio.

Cast

as Laura *

Annie Belle Annie Brilland (born 10 December 1956) is a retired French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such directors as Jean R ...

as Pina *

Al Cliver Pierluigi Conti (better known as Al Cliver) (born 16 July 1951) is a retired Italian actor who is perhaps best known for starring in horror and exploitation films, especially ones by directors Lucio Fulci and Jesús Franco. Career Cliver was ...

as Horatio * Gabriele Tinti as Carlo * Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Hal * Ziggy Zanger as Magda *

Nieves Navarro Nieves Navarro García (born November 11, 1938) is a retired Spanish-born Italian actress and fashion model. Navarro worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Totò and Lino Banfi in the 1960s and 1970s. She later ad ...

as Crystal (credited as Susan Scott) * Tarik Ali as Ali

References

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...

''Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk''
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