Frauengefängnis (1976)
Release Year: 1976
Nation: Switzerland
Alternative Title: Women's Penitentiary IV, Jailhouse Wardress, El reformatorio de las perdidas, Femmes en cage, Les Gardiennes du Pénitencier
Director: Jesús Franco
Writer: Jesús Franco
Production & Genre
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: prison, island, rape, sadism, women's prison, dominatrix, prison warden, prison escape, female protagonist, wrongful imprisonment, torture, humiliation, death
Story
Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.
Summary
In a gripping tale of survival and resistance, Maria, a young woman driven by self-defense to kill her abusive father, finds herself sentenced to life in a remote island penitentiary. Run by the sadistic imposter Dr. Carlos Costaa and his enforcer, The Wardress—a monocled lesbian with a penchant for Nazi literature—the prison is a hellish crucible of psychological and sexual torment. Inmates are subjected to degrading punishments like electric shock beds and starvation, with deaths disguised as 'heart failure.' Among these harsh conditions, Maria arrives, determined not to succumb but rather to organize a daring rebellion aimed at escaping their brutal overlords.
