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Barbed Wire Dolls
“Welcome to prison, Ladies!”
4.7 / 10• 1976• 1h 21m•NR• French
CrimeDramaHorror
Storyline
Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.
Cast & Crew
Lina Romay
Maria da Guerra
Lead
Paul Müller
Carlos Costa
Monica Swinn
The Wardress
RD
Roger Darton
Milton Warren
Ronald Weiss
The Warden
Martine Stedil
Bertha Contrini
Eric Falk
Nestor
Peggy Markoff
Pompadour
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jesús Franco's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Barbed Wire Dolls is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
