BA_Harrison Falling somewhere between the camp excesses of the Ilsa movies and the grim nastiness of Last Orgy of the Third Reich, Deported Women of the SS Special Section is one of the more enjoyable (not sure if that's the right word to describe a film about war atrocities, but hey ho!) examples of the sleazy sub-genre commonly known as Nazisploitation.With pretty good production values (for a film of this type), and an uncomplicated story that manages to tick most of the 'concentration-camp cinema' boxes (humiliation and degradation of the prisoners, multiple shower scenes, torture, lesbianism, rape, and murder), director Rino Di Silvestro ensures that fans of this kind of fare don't go disappointed.Deported Women begins with a group of female prisoners being transported by train to a castle-turned-prison. Once at their destination, the women are processed, examined, shaved (each lady is given a 'Hollywood' free of charge!), and sorted into various groups: some are kept for experimentation; others become 'field whores'; the best looking are saved for the Joy Division—the prostitution wing of the camp.Amongst these new arrivals is Tania Nobel (Lina Polito), a disgraced aristocrat who, before the war, was an object of lust for the nasty camp commandant Herr Erner (John Steiner, who excels as a maniacal tyrant who makes Caligula look sane by comparison). However, rather than reciprocate Erner's advances, Tania chose to run off with her partisan lover instead—a move which has left the Nazi with mixed feelings about the girl he once tried to woo: poor confused Herr Erner doesn't know whether to punish Tania, or attempt to win her affections.So he does both.After locking her in solitary confinement (for trying to escape) and threatening to make her suffer, he does an about-turn, and invites her to dinner, where he tries to impress her by forcing two of his subordinates (a couple of sadistic bitches who regularly abuse the prisoners) to give him a spot of fellatio. Needless to say, Erner's shocking display of power doesn't have the desired effect (perhaps a bunch of flowers and some fancy chocolates would've been a better way to go).Eventually, Tania tires of Herr Erner's advances and attempts to end her life by starving herself. Admitted to the infirmary, Tania is nursed back to health by a kindly doctor, who, taking pity on his pretty patient, informs her of a secret tunnel that runs beneath the castle. Tania makes plans to escape, along with her fellow prisoners. But first, she has a score to settle with Herr Erner.Deported Women starts off rather slow, and, to be honest, at first I thought it would be a real chore to sit through in one sitting. But as things progressed, the film got way sleazier and much more trashy, and by the end, I was pleased that I had stayed the distance. Amongst the dubious delights on display are the prolonged scene of hair removal (from all areas of the prisoner), a lesbian 'rape' that turns into a hilarious cat-fight between two of the guards, and a jaw-dropping moment where a frustrated Herr Erner finds temporary sexual release by buggering his henchman Doberman (Giorgio Cerioni).And best of all is Tania's final act of revenge: she places razors in a cork, pops it up her cooch, and offers herself to the randy commandant... ouch!

Hellraiserdisciple For some odd reason I decided to give Deported Women of the SS Special Section a go today and was reasonably pleased. Noticing only one other user comment I felt compelled to give my opinion as well.The story is fairly easy. A group of women are being held captive in a Nazi prison. Nazi prisons are (as we have all learned in films like Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS and others) is not a happy place. Fortunately you can always take a long soapy shower with your fellow inmates; and they do! I didn't expect much from this one so I became pleasantly surprised. The violence is pretty tame, but the razor blade on a cork in the vagina made me raise an eyebrow as our kinky commandant was about to realize love really can hurt. There's a decent amount of nudity with one of the highlights being the pubic hair shaving, take your time.Deported Women does remind me to some extent of Salò, although it tends to focus less on the cynical ideology (as most of its kind) giving the whole film a more campy tone. Fine by me. It tries to be a bad boy, but not THAT bad.In the end I have to say that even though the running time of almost 97 minutes feels a bit too long, the nudity, the violence and the crazy commandant managed to keep me entertained. You could do a lot worse.

Woodyanders The hapless Jewish female prisoners at an SS Special Section concentration camp are subjected to all kinds of torture, sadism and depravity by their brutal Nazi captors. Fed up with all the gross mistreatment they are forced to endure on a regular basis, the women join together to plot to escape and turn the tables on their cruel oppressors. Writer/director Rino ("Werewolf Woman") Di Silvestri really delivers the lowdown sleazy goods in a fiercely explicit and unflinching manner: there's plentiful nudity, two group shower scenes, pubic hair shaving, rape, lesbianism, voyeurism, catfights, degradation, castration (one of the women hides a razor blade in her vagina!), and perversion galore. Moreover, the production values are surprisingly polished and up to par: Sergio D'Offizi's slick cinematography (the smooth tracking shots and sturdy hand-held camera-work are both quite impressive), an unrelentingly bleak, stark and gritty tone, solid and credible acting from a good cast (John Steiner in particular makes for a perfectly strict, haughty and merciless degenerate creep of a camp commandant while Solvi Stubing likewise does well as a mean guard), a thrilling last reel jailbreak and Stelvio Cipriani's melodic, gloomy, haunting score are all on the money fine and effective. Although it's way too grim, rough and depressing to be much fun, this potent little item nonetheless still qualifies as a very gripping and harrowing movie.

splittter As I've seen this film, and no-one else has written anything about it I thought I'd say a few words, not that it is particularly remarkable. If you're even looking at this page you're probably a fan of Italian Exploitation (god help you) and this film is certainly that. It's about women in a Nazi prison, featuring such classic situations as the odd lesbian encounter, sadistic guards, and a lengthy bit of pubic hair shaving.The plot is handled decently, I guess, being a rare film of this sort that actually provides some interest in the individual characters. This may come from the ridiculously over the top acting (especially from the camp commandant), but at least there is an air of some competence in the production.In terms of deranged innovation, this film features an eye-opening razor-blade-in-a cork-up-the-vagina manoeuvre to thwart the amorous commandant. That scene, amongst others, contributing to the fact that it was apparently rejected for even Cinema exhibition in Britain. Tragically it occurs quite far into the film, and is not particularly gory or amusing or otherwise of interest. The fact that it is banned probably means more people will seek it out than otherwise would (I know I did).There are a few scenes like the above, catapulting this film from a routine exploitation movie into something that leaves a bit of a nasty taste in the mouth. Moving from the sort of obviously fake nonsense most films of this kind have, to a seeming attempt to present degrading experiences realistically, for no reason other than whatever kicks viewers can get out of that. Not very many for most people I would expect.Nonetheless worth seeing if you like the genre I imagine, especially the scene where, in an effort to impress the heroine, the commandant makes two women give him a blow-job (interesting seduction technique, certainly, but then the guy is a Nazi); his facial expression is great. However there's really nothing here that is particularly original, and (as above) will probably leave most feeling a little dirty. Still, no particular reason for it to be banned.