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99 mujeres (1968)
Country of Origin: Spain / West Germany / Italy /
UK
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 70 mins 83 mins
84 mins 86 mins 94 mins
108 mins
Format: Eastmancolor SuperScope
35mm
Ratio: 2.00:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Cineproduzioni Associati / Corona Filmproduktion
/ Hesperia Films S.A. / Towers of London Productions
Executive Producer: Luis Laso Moreno
Producer: Erwin C. Dietrich
English Language Version Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Production Manager: Francisco Moreno
SCRIPT
Screenplay: Jesús
Franco, Peter Welbeck (real name: Harry Alan Towers)
Italian Version Screenplay: Carlo Fadda, Milo G. Cuccia, Ornella Zanelli
German Version Screenplay: Anya Corvin
English Version Screenplay: Harry Alan Towers
DIRECTION
Director: Jess Franco
(real name: Jesús
Franco)
Assistant Director: Juan Estelrich
PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Manuel Merino, Xavier Pérez Grobet
Camera Operator: Antonio Modica
Assistant Camera: Riccardo Damiani
EDITING
Spanish Version Editor: María Luisa Soriano
Italian Version Editor: Bruno Mattei
German Version Editor: Gabrielle Reinecke
MUSIC
Music: Bruno Nicolai
Song Performed By: Barbara McNair
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Adolfo Ponte
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Santiago Ontanon
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Secretary: Loredana Pagliaro
LOCATIONS
Locations: Alicante, Spain; Brazil (exteriors); Madrid, Spain (interiors);
Rome, Lazio, Italy (interiors)
CAST
Herbert Lom (Governor Santos)
Maria Schell (Leonie Caroll)
Mercedes McCambridge (Thelma Diaz)
Maria Rohm (Marie (no 99))
Elisa Montés (Helga (no 97))
Rosalba Neri (Zoe (no 76))
Luciana Paluzzi (Nathalie (no 98))
Valentina Godoy (Rosalie (no 81))
José María Blanco
Mike Brendel
Ana Lucarella
Maria Perschy
Juan Antonio Riquelme
María Vico
Elsa Zabala
AVAILABILITY
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Films de Espana
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Commonwealth United Entertainment
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Commonwealth United Entertaiment
Video Distributor: Republic Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: X
TIMELINE
1969
June
16: Spain - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
99 Women - UK title
Der Heiße Tod - West German title
99 Frauen - alternative West German title
99 donne - French title
Les brulantes - alternative French title
99 femmes perverses - French pre-release title
Prostitutes in Prison - US title
Island of Despair - US TV title
L'amour dans les prisons de femmes - Belgian title
Isle of Lost Women
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Bianco e Nero vol.30 no.9/10 (September
/ October 1969) p.52 (Italy)
review
Cinema d'Oggi 16 June 1969 p.3 (Italy)
review
Ecran no.32 (January 1975) p.88 (France)
credits
Guia de Filmes no.24 (November / December
1969) p.20 (Brazil)
credits, synopsis, review
Intermezzo vol.24 no.13-14 (31 July 1969)
p.7 (Italy)
credits
Kine Weekly no.3242 (29 November 1969)
p.19 (UK)
review (by Grahame Clark)
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.37 no.435 (April
1970) p.83 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Today's Cinema no.9758 (5 December 1969)
p.8 (UK)
review (by Marjorie Bilbow)
Variety 5 February 1969 p.30 (USA)
credits, review (by Byro)
BOOKS
Obsession - The Films of Jesus Franco pp.63-64
illustrated credits, review (by Lucas Balbo)
KEYWORDS
women in prison; torture; islands; prisons; lesbianism
Last Updated:
25 October, 2008
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