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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 sexploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Dyanne Thorne. The film is considered to be the third entry in the Ilsa film series, but was not originally filmed with the intent of being as such, despite starring Dyanne Thorne. The film's plot follows Ilsa (also titled Wanda or Greta in the varying titles), a warden at a psychiatric hospital for young women, and a girl who feigns illness so that she can investigate what happened to her sister who stayed at the hospital.
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden contained scenes of graphic violence, which writer Ric Meyers commented was "sicker" than its predecessor in its depictions. Meyer also opined that the movie had been filmed at the same time as Franco's Barbed Wire Dolls due to the shared cast and setting of the two movies.
Original Release
01/21/1977
US Release
02/01/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dyanne Thorne | Greta |
Lina Romay | Juana |
Angela Ritschard | Rosa Phillips |
Peggy Markoff | No. 14 |
Esther Studer | No. 24 |
Howard Maurer | Governor |
Eric Falk | Pablo Rego |
Tania Busselier | Abbie Phillips / Aby |
Lorli Bucher | Wardress |
Dagmar Bürger | No. 9 |
Directors
Writers
Jesus Franco, Erwin C. Dietrich
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dyanne Thorne | Greta |
Lina Romay | Juana |
Angela Ritschard | Rosa Phillips |
Peggy Markoff | No. 14 |
Esther Studer | No. 24 |
Howard Maurer | Governor |
Eric Falk | Pablo Rego |
Tania Busselier | Abbie Phillips / Aby |
Lorli Bucher | Wardress |
Dagmar Bürger | No. 9 |
Pilar Coll | No. 20 |
Jesus Franco | Dr. Milton Arcos / Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco) |
Karl Gysling | Prisoner |
Roman Huber | Prisoner |
Mike Lederer | Prisoner |
Esther Moser | No. 18 |
Sandra L. Brennan | |
Sigad Sharaf | No. 20 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Erwin C. Dietrich | Producer |