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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (German: Die Liebesbriefe einer portugesischen Nonne) is a 1977 West German-Swiss film directed by Jesús Franco and produced by Erwin Dietrich, loosely based on the Letters of a Portuguese Nun attributed to Mariana Alcoforado. It starred Susan Hemingway and William Berger. Franco co-wrote the screenplay with producer Dietrich.[2]
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| Directed by | Jesús Franco |
| Written by | Mariana Alcoforado (novel) |
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| Cinematography | Peter Baumgartner |
| Edited by | Marie-Luise Buschke (as Marie-Louise Buschke) |
| Music by | Walter Baumgartner |
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| Distributed by | Avis Film |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Language | German |
| Box office | ESP 36,890,043 (Spain) |
It tells the story of Maria, a girl in Inquisition-era Portugal, whom a priest sees cavorting with a boy. He orders her to become a nun as penance. In the convent Maria gets subjected to all sorts of torture and humiliation at the hands of the priest and the mother superior.
The movie is part of a genre known as "nunsploitation".
Cast
- Susan Hemingway: Maria Rosalea
- William Berger: Father Vicente
- Herbert Fux: Satan
- Ana Zanatti: Mother Alma, the grand priestess
- Aida Vargas: Juana, a nun (as Aida Kargas)
- Vítor Mendes: António Fernando Queiroz de Melo, the mayor
- Aida Gouveia: Antónia, a nun (as Isa Schneider)
- Herman José: Manuel Gonçalves, the prince (as Hermann Krippahl)
- José Viana: The Grand Inquisitor (as Jose Viana)
- Patricia Da Silva: Maria's mother
- Victor de Sousa: Inquisitor's aid
- Nicolau Breyner: Prince's aid
- Clara Marabuto: Josefina, a nun
- Esther Studer: nun at the ritual
- Dagmar Bürger: nun at the ritual
References
- Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
- Thrower, Stephen (2015). Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco. Strange Attractor Press.
External links
- Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun at IMDb
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[de] Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne
Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne ist ein dem Nunsploitation-Genre zugehöriger Exploitationfilm des spanischen Regisseurs Jess Franco aus dem Jahr 1977. Die Handlung basiert lose auf einer literarischen Vorlage von Soror Mariana Alcoforado.- [en] Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
[ru] Любовные письма португальской монахини
«Любовные письма португальской монахини» (нем. Die Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne) — nunsploitation-фильм режиссёра Хесуса Франко, вышедший в 1977 году. В его основе сюжет по мотивам литературного произведения монахини Марианы Алькофорадо (1640—1723).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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