The Girl from Rio (1969)

Original title

Die sieben Männer der Sumuru

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

science fiction film, spy film

Country

Germany, United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A queen leads a tribe of Amazonian women in a plan to take over the world by attacking wealthy men. An agent tries to stop their scheme.

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What happens

The Girl from Rio (German: Die sieben Männer der Sumuru, lit. 'The Seven Men of Sumuru') is a 1969 spy-fi film directed by Jess Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, George Sanders and Maria Rohm. Written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, the film follows a tribe of Amazonian women, as, led by their queen, they attack wealthy men as part of a long-term plan to take over the world. A co-production between West Germany, Spain and the United States, the film is a sequel to The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967), and is based on Sax Rohmer's Sumuru character. Nevertheless, Sumuru's character is referred to as either "Sumitra" or "Sunanda". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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