Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Don Edmonds

Writers:

Jonah Royston (writer)
John C.W. Saxton (writer)

Release Date:

October 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | War

Tagline:

The most dreaded Nazi of them all!

Plot:

Ilsa is an evil Nazi warden at a death camp that conducts "medical experiments". Ilsa's goal is to prove...

Plot Keywords:

Medical Experiment | Death Camp | Nazi | Death | Evil

Cast

Dyanne Thorne	...	Ilsa
Gregory Knoph	...	Wolfe
Tony Mumolo	...	Mario
Maria Marx	...	Anna
Nicolle Riddell	...	Kata
Jo Jo Deville	...	Ingrid
Sandy Richman	...	Maigret
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Binz (as C.D. Lafleuer)
Rodina Keeler	...	Gretchen
Richard Kennedy	...	Nazi general (as Wolfgang Roehm)
Lance Marshall	...	Richter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David F. Friedman
John F. Goff	...	Nazi camp guard

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | West Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM18 (video rating) (cut) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (2007) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:18 | Australia:(Banned) | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Norway:(Banned) | UK:R | USA:R (cut) (1976) | USA:X (self applied) | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Cinema General Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Aeteas Filmproduktions

Trivia:

Filmed on the set of "Hogan's Heroes" (1965).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The German machine gun used in the film is in fact a U.S. 50 caliber Browning.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Stinger (2005)

Healthy Slice of the Perverse

I completely see why some people really like this movie (director Quentin Tarantino among those that do).

The movie may have been slightly cringe-worthy when I saw it (mostly the way the director relishes in the dirty art he has created), but in retrospect is fluff compared to a lot of the movies I've seen since then. Even though this movie is pure, unadulterated carnage and heinous acts throughout the entire course of the film, it had a redeeming quality.It's hard to pinpoint what made this movie so appealing to me. It was a perfect emblem of the pure sleaziness and overall decadent atmosphere of the 70's smut prevalent at this time. Like all grindhouse films, it appeals to the baser senses - filled with excess violence (grizzly and well-done) and sex. And it's shot amazingly well for such a poor film. I expected it to be grainy and imperceptible.

There's an element of immorality felt when watching films like this, but it's a healthy outlet to sublimate impure thoughts. It's sensationalist, yes. Probably no artistic merit either. But it's an appetizer of the 70's Perversia. I do think it's mostly meant to be titillating and gross for the sake of being gross. It's so blatantly in-your-face tasteless and bad that I love it. Stay away from it if you don't have a knack for the depraved.