Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
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| Directed by | Don Edmonds |
| Produced by | Herman Traeger |
| Written by | Jonah Royston |
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Dyanne Thorne C.D. Lafleuer |
| Cinematography | Glen Rowland |
| Edited by | Kurt Schnit |
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Aeteas Filmproduktions
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| Distributed by | Cambist Films |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1975 Canadian Nazisploitation film directed by Don Edmonds, produced by David F. Friedman and written by Jonah Royston.
Ilsa is Kommandant of a Nazi prison camp, who conducts sadistic scientific experiments designed to demonstrate that women are more capable of enduring pain than men are, and therefore should be allowed to fight in the German armed forces (it is late in the war and the Nazi military is in dire need of reinforcements). Ilsa is also portrayed as a buxom woman with a voracious sexual appetite for men. Every night, she chooses another of her male prisoners and rapes him. However, owing to her hypersexuality, she is disappointed when her current victim eventually ejaculates, and promptly has him castrated and put to death. Only one American prisoner, who can avoid ejaculating, manages to use her weakness to his favor. He hopes that the Allies will arrive soon, but a faction of the SS wants to eliminate all evidence and witnesses.
When Lee Frost and David F. Friedman's 1969 Love Camp 7 became popular in Canada, André Link and Cinepix's John Dunning created a script for Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. After offering to produce, Friedman agreed and brought in Dyanne Thorne to play the eponymous character. Friedman is credited onscreen as "Herman Traeger".
Ilsa is patterned after real-life murderous female Nazi camp personnel Ilse Koch and Irma Grese.
Friedman (under the pseudonym Herman Traeger) put a notice before the film opens: "The film you are about to see is based on documented fact. The atrocities shown were conducted as 'medical experiments' in special concentration camps throughout Hitler's Third Reich. Although these crimes against humanity are historically accurate, the characters depicted are composites of notorious Nazi personalities; and the events portrayed, have been condensed into one locality for dramatic purposes. Because of its shocking subject matter, this film is restricted to adult audiences only. We dedicate this film with the hope that these heinous crimes will never happen again."
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