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Directed by | Jess Franco |
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Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
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Cinematography | Ruedi Küttel |
Music by | Walter Baumgartner |
Production company | Elite Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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Language | English |
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (originally released as Greta: Haus Ohne Männer, and also known as Greta, the Mad Butcher, Ilsa: Absolute Power, and Wanda, the Wicked Warden) is a 1977 Canadian sexploitation film directed by Jess Franco, written by Ric Meyers, and starring Dyanne Thorne.[1] The plot follows Greta, a warden at a psychiatric hospital for young women, and a girl who feigns illness in order to investigate the disappearance of her sister, a former patient.
Often considered the third installment in the Ilsa film series, The Wicked Warden was not initially produced with the intent of being as such, despite Thorne's starring role.[2] The film contains scenes of graphic violence, which Meyers commented was "sicker" than its predecessor in its depictions.[3] Meyers further opined that it had been shot at the same time as Franco's Barbed Wire Dolls due to the shared cast and film setting.[3]