| Frauengefängnis | |
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Theatrical poster to the US release of Frauengefängnis aka Barbed Wire Dolls (1975) |
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| Directed by | Jesus Franco |
| Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
| Written by | Jesus Franco Connie Grau Christine Lembach |
| Starring | Lina Romay Monica Swinn Paul Müller Ramon Ardid Jesus Franco |
| Music by | Walter Baumgartner Daniel White |
| Cinematography | Jesus Franco |
| Editing by | Peter Baumgartner Marie-Luise Buschke |
| Distributed by | Aquarius Releasing |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Language | German |
Frauengefängnis (released in the United States as Barbed Wire Dolls) is a 1975 Swiss film directed by Jesus Franco. It is part of the women in prison cycle of violent sexploitation films that flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s.[1]
Cult director Jesus Franco's Swiss-West German production is a women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jesus Franco,[2] who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity, conspiracy and a downbeat twist ending round out the formula.