Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)

Original title

Frauengefängnis

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

horror film, women in prison film, sex film, sexploitation film, crime film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Maria is sent to a brutal women's prison after killing her father. She endures harsh treatment and exploitation from the guards and the warden.

grungyexploitativeluridclaustrophobicviolentcampysleazydated

What happens

Frauengefängnis (lit. Women's prison; released in the US as Barbed Wire Dolls and in the UK as Caged Women) is a 1975 Swiss-West German horror film directed by Jesús Franco. It is part of the women in prison cycle of violent sexploitation films that flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s. A women's prison tale, it stars Lina Romay as Maria, who has been jailed after killing her father, played by director Jesús Franco himself. When originally submitted for release in 1976, the British Board of Film Classification rejected it. It was only passed the following year after extensive cuts as was the case in Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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