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Women in Cell Block 7

Original title: Diario segreto da un carcere femminile
  • 1973
  • R
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
312
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Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
CrimeDrama

A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.

  • Director
    • Rino Di Silvestro
  • Writer
    • Rino Di Silvestro
  • Stars
    • Anita Strindberg
    • Eva Czemerys
    • Olga Bisera
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    312
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rino Di Silvestro
    • Writer
      • Rino Di Silvestro
    • Stars
      • Anita Strindberg
      • Eva Czemerys
      • Olga Bisera
    • 6User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Anita Strindberg
    Anita Strindberg
    • Lily Musumeci
    Eva Czemerys
    Eva Czemerys
    • 'Mammasantissima'
    Olga Bisera
    • Gerda - the Chief Matron
    Jenny Tamburi
    • Daniela Vinci
    Valeria Fabrizi
    • Prisoner from Rome
    Cristina Gaioni
    Cristina Gaioni
    • Religious prisoner
    Maria Pia Luzi
    Maria Pia Luzi
    • Gisa
    • (as Jane Avril)
    Paola Senatore
    Paola Senatore
    • 'Mammasantissima' lover
    Gabriella Giorgelli
    Gabriella Giorgelli
    • Prisoner from Bologna
    Bedy Moratti
    • Pyromaniac
    Umberto Raho
    Umberto Raho
    • Daniela's lawyer
    Massimo Serato
    Massimo Serato
    • Prison Director
    Roger Browne
    Roger Browne
    • Inspector Weil
    Annie Carol Edel
    Annie Carol Edel
      Franco Fantasia
      • Chief-inspector
      Carlo Gentili
      Carlo Gentili
      • Police Commissioner
      Giulio Maculani
      • Carmelo Musumeci
      Elisa Mainardi
      Elisa Mainardi
      • Prison Matron
      • Director
        • Rino Di Silvestro
      • Writer
        • Rino Di Silvestro
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      • Trivia
        The film carried many titles all over the world. Most of them dealt with crime, violence, heroin, and sex. Censorship in many countries progressed strongly towards a number of scenes of intrusive character.
      • Connections
        Featured in Trailer War (2012)
      • Soundtracks
        Lettera da un carcere femminile
        Written by P. Lepore and Franco Bixio

        Performed by Malia Rocco

        Courtesy of It. Dischi Italia Edizioni

      User reviews6

      Featured review
      5/10

      Get back in the sack you rotten lesbo.

      When you have a queue of 500 movies, you sometimes forget why you picked a particular one. I am not a women-in-prison completest, so maybe I just wanted to see Paola Senatore (Eaten Alive, Story of a Cloistered Nun), Jenny Tamburi (The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine) or Anita Strindberg (The Eroticist) again. It simply escapes me. Two WIP movies in the same day may be excessive, but it happened by accident.

      This one starts with a good car chase through the Italian streets as Hilda (Anita Strindberg) is getting her anal exam by a matron after entering prison to find out where Daniela's (Jenny Tamburi) boyfriend hid the heroin and save her father.

      It isn't long before we see our first lesbian encounter. Isn't that why we watch WIP movies? Along with the obligatory shower scenes. Of course, the guards (matrons) get their turn, too. Then there are the prison yard fights where the object is to rip the clothes of your opponent.

      The "riot" in the prison yard was a hoot. They turned the firehouses on the girls, and it was like water hoses. They stripped and got wet.

      Just another day in prison.
      • lastliberal
      • Mar 13, 2009
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      • Release date
        • August 1974 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • United States
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • Love and Death in a Women's Prison
      • Production companies
        • Angry Film
        • Aquarius Film
        • Overseas Film Company
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 21 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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