Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)

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:

Death Camp | Medical Experiment | Death | Evil | Nazi

Cast

  (Complete credited 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

Also Known As:

Diastrofes se stratopedo sadiston (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Die Hündin von Liebeslager 7 (Switzerland: German title) [de]
Elza - wilczyca z SS (Poland) [pl]
Ilsa la belva delle SS (Italy) [it]
Ilsa la louve (France) [fr]
Ilsa, i lykaina ton SS (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Ilsa, la perra de la SS (Argentina) [es]
Ilse hun-ulven fra SS (Denmark) [da]
La loba de las SS (Spain) [es]
Le nazi était là, les 'Gretchen' aussi (France) [fr]
Sto stratopedo tis Kolaseos (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

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:

Revealing mistakes: When one of the prisoners uses the machine gun at the end of the movie you hear the shots but as the bandoleer is not moving (meaning that no ammunition is loaded into the gun) it is not firing at all.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Grindhouse (2007)

Good for curiosities sake

ILSA SHE WOLF OF THE SS belongs in the exploitation trunk of legendary films that include the likes of NEKROMANTIK, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, SALO, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and countless others. Fortunately for ILSA I think the movie lives up to it's hype, even if it is a bit dated, and at times heavy on the cheese.

Ilsa, played by the well-endowed Thorne, is a sadistic mother, in charge of Medical Camp 9 who spends her days performing many torturous experiments on female and male prisoners alike. They either disobeyed orders, talked back, or didn't pleasure her right (the men) - One man is castrated because Ilsa didn't reach heights of orgasm that she would've liked (???). Anyway, the film continues by showing scenes of torture, after torture, after torture....

It goes on like this for much of the film. When characters aren't being brutally whipped, boiled, decompressurized, or mutilated in various forms, Ilsa is seen showing off her enormous breasts (many times I might add). Pacing is really hurt during these scenes, especially when a lot of needless talking comes into play. Really, these scenes just become downright dull and boring.

However, the ending was fairly exciting and violent. The gore and make-up is pretty good; that literally half-dead woman was made up quite well. She certainly was a freakish sight that's for sure.

NOT GOOD by any means, but if you wanna see something that'll really push the limit....