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another guard who is also killed. The other three flee into the jungle, where Barbara has been shot and they progress slowly. They make it to an old temple, where they feel safe and remove the bullet from Barbara's shoulder. Karine and Marie go into the jungle to look for food, but the guards find their trail and meet them at the temple. As Barbara is killed, the other two, alerted by her screams, run back to the temple and are suddenly confronted by the camp commander and the doctor (surrounded by prison guards). In a last desperate action Karine attempts to steal the commander's pistol. When she fails to pull the trigger, the commander gives the order to fire and the last two prisoners are struck down on the spot. With the desecration of the corpses, the film ends.
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available to the guards to be raped. The three detainees, Karine, Barbara, and Aida, are found shortly thereafter, naked and chained in a standing position, in the notorious Cellblock 9. Gradually, they are presented to the "interrogation", which is supported by the doctor through various tortures. Barbara and Aida resist the torture and remain silent, Karine, however, breaks down under the torture, and some revolutionaries denounced the (unnamed) city.
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A retrospective review states that "The story for this one is just like all the other films from the time period.  We find pretty, young women who are forced to be nude most of the film and are degraded physically, mentally, and sexually.  The story is one tracked and leaves very little for
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After the four women in Cellblock 9 again are forging among themselves, they devise a plan to contact their contacts in the capital. The quartet manages to distract the guard in order to knock him out and flee with his rifle. Shortly after leaving the cellblock, Aida is killed in a gunfight with
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The film is set in a South American jungle prison during a revolution. Initially, the camp commander and the prison physician, Dr. Costa, wait for a few guards on a truck. On board are six young women. Three of them were arrested on suspicion of revolutionary activities, the other three are made
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the viewer to grab hold of.  The film moves as a snails pace and the dialogue is very tedious." The same review adds that this film is one of the rare films by Franco the author would not recommend.
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In the United Kingdom, the film was refused classification by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in February 2004, with the board citing potential legal issues under the
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material was found on her by the insurgents. Their torture was to spend three days without food and water in a
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In the meantime, the young indigenous student Marie also ends up in the cellblock. Allegedly,
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on 17 March 1978. In addition to its original title, the film is also known as
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Jess Franco
Erwin C. Dietrich
Walter Baumgartner
German
exploitation
action film
Jess Franco
women in prison
propaganda
single cell
oral sex
Champagne
Howard Vernon
Dora Doll
West Germany
Video Recordings Act 1984
Protection of Children Act 1978
Sexual Offences Act 2003


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