Ilsa, the Wicked Warden
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Directed by | Jess Franco |
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Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
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Cinematography | Ruedi Küttel |
Music by | Walter Baumgartner |
Production company | Elite Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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Language | English |
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (originally released as Greta: Haus Ohne Männer, and also known as Greta, the Mad Butcher, Ilsa: Absolute Power, and Wanda, the Wicked Warden) is a 1977 Canadian
Often considered the third installment in the
Synopsis
Greta (Dyanne Thorne) works as the warden in a psychiatric hospital for young women. Unbeknownst to her, her patient Abby is actually the sister of Rosa, one of the hospital's other patients. Abby has lied in order to get herself admitted so that she can find out what has become of her sister, and, hopefully, to rescue her. However, she is unaware that Greta uses the hospital's inmates to create pornography, often against their will. Abby finds herself at the mercy of Juanna, Greta's lover and leader of several of the hospital's inmates. Juanna tries hard to make Abby respond to her advances but, after she refuses, begins to exploit her.[4]
Cast
- Dyanne Thorne as Greta
- Tania Busselier as Abbie Phillips
- Lina Romay as Juana
- Eric Falk as Pablo
- Howard Maurer as Greta's lover
- Angela Ritschard as Rosa Phillips
- Peggy Markoff as No. 14
- Esther Studer as No. 24
- Jesús Franco as Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
- Lorli Bucher as Guard
- Esther Moser as No. 18
- Sigad Sharaf as No. 20
- Sandra L. Brennan
- Alex Exler
Release history
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden was originally filmed and released in
The film's graphic nature made it—along with the entire Ilsa series—associated with the so-called "video nasties" of the 1980s, and caused the film to be edited for release in some territories.[6][7][8][9]
Reception
HorrorNews.net remarked that the film was "Certainly not a waste of time, just don't expect anything near what
References
- ^ Vasquez Jr., Felix. "Wanda, the Wicked Warden (1977)". Cinema Crazed. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-313-29931-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9799989-3-5.
- ISBN 978-0-226-52636-2.
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden.
- ^ a b "Film Review: Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ a b McCusker, Eamonn (2004-04-20). "Ilsa, The Wicked Warden". The Digital Fix. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
- ISBN 978-1-900486-21-7.
- ISBN 978-0-7486-2539-0.
- ISBN 978-0-312-13149-4.