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Director:
Jesus Franco
Writers:
Mariana Alcoforado (love letters)
Erwin C. Dietrich (writer)
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Release Date:
10 March 1977 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Adventure | Horror more
Plot:
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One of Franco's Finest more (11 total)

Cast

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Susan Hemingway ... Maria Rosalea
William Berger ... Father Vicente
Herbert Fux ... Satan
Ana Zanatti ... Mother Alma, the Grand Priestess
Aida Vargas ... Antónia, a Nun (as Aida Kargas)
Vítor Mendes ... António Fernando Queiroz de Melo, the Mayor
Isa Schneider ... Antónia, a Nun
Herman José ... Manuel Gonçalves, the Prince (as Hermann Krippahl)
José Viana ... The Grand Inquisitor (as Jose Viana)
Patricia Da Silva ... Maria's Mother
Victor de Sousa ... Inquisitor's Aid
Nicolau Breyner ... Prince's Aid
Esther Studer ... Josefina, a Nun
Dagmar Bürger ... Nun
Anton Diffring ... Old Priest
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Directed by
Jesus Franco  (as Jess Franco)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Mariana Alcoforado  love letters
Erwin C. Dietrich  writer (as Manfred Gregor)
Christine Lembach  dialogue

Produced by
Erwin C. Dietrich .... producer
Max Dora .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Walter Baumgartner 
 
Cinematography by
Peter Baumgartner 
 
Film Editing by
Marie-Luise Buschke  (as Marie-Louise Buschke)
 
Art Direction by
David Quintas  (as David Quintans)
 
Production Management
Eduard Stoeckli .... production manager (as Eduard A. Stöckli)
 
Sound Department
Klaus Kunsemüller .... sound
Hubertus Schmandtke .... sound (as Hubertus Schmandke)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Love Letters from a Portuguese Nun (USA) (video catalogue title)
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (USA)
Cartas de amor a una monja portugesa (Spain) [es]
Confessioni proibiti di una monaca adolescente (Italy) [it]
Lettres d'amour d'une nonne portugaise (France) [fr]
Tuhansien himojen luostari (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
Spain:85 min | UK:82 min (DVD) | 89 min (director's cut) | USA:80 min
Country:
West Germany | Switzerland
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-18 | UK:18 | UK:(Banned) (1979-2004) | Germany:BPjM Restricted
Filming Locations:
Moors Castle, Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal more
Company:
Ascot Film more

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Trivia:
The film was complete in 1975, but it went through a number of censorship bans (the first on 3 March 1976), appeals, rejections, and editing for release in different markets in 1977 and 1978. more
Movie Connections:
References The Devils (1971) more

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One of Franco's Finest, 27 May 2004
Author: lazarillo

Many people accuse Jesus Franco of being a talentless hack, but he has an amazing ability to bring artistry and watchability, and occasionally even a little class, to some of the most sordid subject matter. It's hard to rave unreservedly about a movie that features a naked sixteen-year-old girl stretched out on a rack and tortured with a pair of metal tongs--a movie whose subject manner includes masturbating priests, lesbian nuns, satanic ritual sodomy, and all other manners of depravity and blasphemy--yet it's a testament to Franco that the film remains highly watchable and even manages to be somewhat of a serious historical indictment of the Catholic church. Since this at first seemed to be another of Franco's sick WIP movies, I was initially curious why he had cast the unknown Susan Hemingway in a role usually played by Lina Romay, but it turned out to be a good choice. You actually feel sympathy for Hemingway's innocent-looking character when she's tortured and sexually abused by corrupt and lecherous nuns and clergy, whereas these scenes probably would have been merely crass titillation if Romay (who was many things but innocent wasn't one of them) had played the role. This movie makes you wonder what Franco could have done if he'd ever made a serious film that did NOT plumb the depths of sexual violence and human depravity. But I guess it wouldn't really be a Franco movie then, would it?

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