Ilsa: The Wicked Warden

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Ilsa: The Wicked Warden (1977, USA/Swiss/Germany) is a Women in Prison film directed by Jess Franco.

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Main Details=

  • Released on January 21, 1977 (West Germany)
  • Color
  • Running Time: Argentina:95 min | Germany:86 min | USA:90 min | UK:87 min
  • Production Co: Elite Film
  • Distribution Co: Bernie Jacon (1979) (USA) (theatrical) | Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (????) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
  • Directed by Jess Franco
  • Written by Erwin C. Dietrich, Jesus Franco
  • Starring Dyanne Thorne, Tania Busselier, Eric Falk
  • Produced by Erwin C. Dietrich
  • Original Music by Walter Baumgartner
  • Cinematography by Ruedi Küttel

Plot Summary

  • After the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman infiltrates brutal warden Ilsa's mental health facility for sexually deviant women. Will she escape the hellhole and live to tell the tale?

Also Known As

  • Greta the Torturer (Europe) (informal alternative title) (English title)
  • Greta, huis zonder mannen (Netherlands) (literal title)
  • Greta, la tortionnaire (Belgium) (informal short title) (French title)
  • Greta, la tortionnaire de Wrede (France) (complete title)
  • Greta, the Mad Butcher (Europe) (informal title) (English title)
  • Greta, the Sadist (Europe) (informal alternative title) (English title)
  • Ilsa - Ultime perversion (France) (video title)
  • Ilsa la tortionnaire (Canada) (reissue title) (French title)
  • Ilsa: Absolute Power (International) (new title) (English title)
  • Le Pénitencier des femmes perverses (France) (dubbed version)
  • I Sadistria tou stratopedou (Greece)
  • Greta: The Mad Butcher
  • Wanda: The Wicked Warden

Taglines

  • That Infamous "Ilsa" Woman Is Back
  • Her Prison Was HOTTER THAN HELL!
  • Young Girls...CHAINED...CONDEMNED To a Life of TORMENT at the Hands of Their Beautiful, BRUTAL Captor!
  • Because of the Shocking Nature of Certain Scenes, This Film is Not Recommended for the Sensitive or Squeamish!
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