The Jess Franco Collection: Slaves (Uncut)

Slaves, perhaps the rarest and most sought after of all the movies released by Spanish exploitation film maverick Jess Franco and Swiss producer Erwin C. Dietrich, was produced in 1977. 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 of a notorious high-end brothel called The Pagoda. Madame Arminda 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 does not 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 enough female nudity to fill 10 films and bolstered by Romay's intense performances, Slaves is a classic piece of Franco-philia that needs to be seen. The film is presented here totally uncut and digitally remastered from Dietrich's own negative. Uncut Original German Release with English Subtitles.

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