Prisoner of Passion
Prisoner of Passion (Italian: La Orca) is an Italian film directed by Eriprando Visconti. The film was followed with the sequel Oedipus Orca.[2]
| Prisoner of Passion | |
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| Directed by | Eriprando Visconti |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Eriprando Visconti |
| Produced by | Marcello D'Amico[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Blasco Giurato[1] |
| Edited by | Franco Arcalli[1] |
| Music by | Federico Monti Arduini[1] |
Production company | Serena Film '75[1] |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Cast
- Michele Placido: Michele
- Rena Niehaus: Alice
- Carmen Scarpitta: Irene, Alice's mother
- Lisa Morpurgo: Elisa
- Flavio Bucci: Gino
- Bruno Corazzari: Paolo
Production
In reference to the scene in which Rena Niehaus has her vagina fingered explicitly by Michele Placido, the actress said she was not clear what the scene would be like because she couldn't speak Italian.[3]
Reception
From a contemporary review, David Badder wrote in the Monthly Film Bulletin that the film was "slowly paced and directed with no commitment to character or theme, it is difficult to detect any compelling motive behind Prisoner of Passion."[1] Badder continued that "the sex scenes remain wholly unerotic because their premise, that Alice uses her worldliness to overcome and then exploit the innocent peasant, is insufficiently defined."[1]
References
- Badder 1978, p. 93.
- Curti 2019, p. 74.
- "Interview mit Rena Niehaus". christiankessler.de. Archived from the original on 2004-01-08. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
Sources
- Badder, David (May 1978). "Orca, La (Prisoner of Passion)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 45, no. 532. The British Film Institute.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.