Jess Franco’s rare and controversial erotic thriller Slaves, fully uncut and totally remastered!
Out of all the pictures Spanish exploitation maverick Jess Franco and Swiss producer Erwin C. Dietrich released, 1977’s SLAVES is perhaps the rarest and most sought after. The film (also known as SWEDISH NYMPHO SLAVES and DIE SKLAVINNEN) stars Franco’s wife and muse, the inimitable Lina Romay (MARQUISE DE SADE) in a rare villainous role as Madame Arminda, the owner a notorious high end brothel called The Pagoda, who oversees the kidnapping and sexual torture and humiliation of a young society girl (Martine Stedil, BARBED WIRE DOLLS). When the girl’s father pays the ransom but doesn’t get his daughter back, he and his nasty manservant (played by Franco himself!) raid The Pagoda and enslave Arminda, subjecting her to untold indignities while trying to find out what happened to his child.
As with all Franco/Dietrich productions, SLAVES packs a sleazy wallop but its grimy doses of sex and violence are juxtaposed by rich production values, gorgeous cinematography by Peter Baumgartner and lush music by Walter Baumgartner. Filled with a enough female nudity to fill 10 films and bolstered by Romay’s intense performance, SLAVES is classic piece of Franco-philia that needs to be seen and is presented here totally uncut (in its original German language with English subtitles) and digitally remastered from Dietrich’s own negative.
Starring: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Vitor Mendes, Esther Moser and Jess Franco
Directed by: Jesus "Jess" Franco
Written and Produced by: Erwin C Cietrich
Color: NTSC
Rating: NR
Run Time: 76 mins
Sound: 5.1 Audio
Production Date: 1976
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 widescreen
Format: DVD
Region Code: 0
Special Features:
Franco, Bloody Franco: Audio Interview with Jess Franco (French with English subtitles)
Vintage VHS Franco Trailer Reel
