
Genres: ThrillerDr
Starring: Vassili Karis, Ivano Staccioli, Gabriele Carrara, Marina Daunia, Macha Magall
Director(s): Bruno Mattei
Country: Italy
Year: 1977
Available Quality: DivX
IMDB Rating: 4.3 out of 10 (250 votes)
Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.
BA_Harrison (24 May 2012)
Mad-as-a-hatter Nazi Hans Schellenberg (Gabriele Carrara) isinstructed, by the Führer himself, to root out traitors in the ThirdReich. In order to do so, he and his beautiful-but-scarred assistantFrau Inge (Marina Daunia) assemble a highly trained troop of whores,whose initial job is to satisfy the sexual desires of some German topbrass and then convince them to reveal their true feelings about dearold Adolf.After (rather easily) getting the group of generals to betraythemselves, Hans and his harlots proceed to weed out other undesirablesin the Reich, including the sadistic murderer Oscar (whose head wobbleslike a Gerry Anderson puppet as he talks) and his equally nastyhenchmen.All is going well for nutty Hans, who loves to bash one out on hisorgan between orgies (a tune that isÂon his church organ), until heunwisely spurns Inge's sexual advances. Miffed, she betrays her boss tohis superiors, revealing his desire to become the next Führer...The Nazisploitation genre spans the gamut from the respected (The NightPorter), to the reviled (SS Experiment Camp), via the soft-core (SalonKitty), the sleazy (The Beast in Heat) and the camp (Ilsa, She Wolf ofthe SS). Italian trash-meister Bruno Mattei, never one to miss out on atrend that might prove profitable, decided to jump on the bandwagon in1977 with SS Girls, which he quickly followed with SS ExterminationCamp the same year.Mattei starts his first foray into the genre with some hilarious scenesin which the hookers are trained to give their all, whatever thesituation. We see the girls practicing ballet, fencing and learningfighting techniques, as well as learning how to sexually gratifyeveryone and anything from the obese, the severely handicapped, to adog (a German Shepherd, of course!).The rest of the film is a series of soft-core couplings with tons offull-frontal female nudity and the occasional sadistic whipping scene.Unfortunately, this all soon becomes very tiresome stuff, and the moviequickly loses the bonkers vibe of its earlier moments. A tedious lastact, in which almost everyone kills themselves after hearing ofHitler's death, left me more than disappointed.Whilst SS Girls manages to deliver the requisite sleazy sex that oneexpects from this kind of film, it fails to deliver the gratuitouslygory and sadistic violence that makes its infamous counterparts somemorable. I soon became bored of the endless nookie, and longed for amad scientist to enter the room and begin experimenting on someone.Alas, this was not to be, and so I feel I can only give SS Girls adecidedly average score of 5/10.
JoeKarlosi (23 May 2012)
Interested in Nazi Sexploitation films? You're not? Well, if you wereI'd say this Italian film from Bruno Mattei is one of the "better" ofthis kinky cult genre. The order of the day is depraved sex, sex, sex -and more sex. The story revolves around an SS officer who seeks todiscover who the traitors are in the Third Reich. So he finds 10 whoreswho become fiercely trained to indulge in all sorts of wild sexcapadeswith every kind of freak of nature imagineable, so they may be able tothen seduce the suspected turn-coats, and then get them to confessvital information. There is no point here really other than to indulgein a wide array of nudity and sexual insanity - ranging from S&M tolesbianism to plain old sex done with freaks ... even impliedbestiality (yuck). I'm hesitant to say this, but sometimes thecinematography was actually impressive for such a concoction.
Jussi Josefsson (20 May 2012)
Yeah, it got everything; bad acting, lousy plot, nazis, only the midgetmimics are missing. But anyway, it is REALLY amusing in its way, so it justgot to be seen. I don't know why, but hey, it's some sort of trashy Ilsa:the she-wolf of SS rip-off. Or Tinto Brasso.
Woodyanders (19 May 2012)
Loyal, fanatical and ambitious SS officer Hans Schellenberg (aperfectly slimy and over-the-top crazed portrayal by Gabriele Carrara)is assigned by General Berger (a fine Ivano Stacioli) to find traitorswho exist amidst the top echelon of the Third Reich. Hans gatherstogether ten beautiful whores to accomplish this particular dauntingtask. The lovely ladies are taught all the tricks of the trade by theclassy Madame Eva (the luscious Macha Magall), the cruel Frau Inge (amarvelously venomous Marina Daunia), and the equally vicious ProfessorJurgen (a pleasingly wicked performance by Luciano Pigozzi). Theharlots learn everything from ballet to fencing to weight lifting tothe proper way to brandish a machine gun. Then they are sent out toseduce various lecherous high-ranking Nazi officers and get them toconfess about any plans they may be plotting against Hitler.Director/co-writer Bruno Mattei loads this gloriously raunchy andridiculous Nazisploitation junk with lots of tasty distaff nudity,sizzling soft-core sex, a rousing bloodbath conclusion, more nudity,several stirring action scenes, a cheerfully sordid tone, and stillmore nudity. Better still, we've got all kinds of blithely kinky anddepraved carnal activity on display: lesbianism, bondage, one lass doesjust what you think with a grotesquely malformed hunchbacked freak,voyeurism, sadomasochism, and even bestiality (a prostitute engages incoitus with a German Shepherd!). Emilio Giannini's glossycinematography, Gianni Marchetti's bubbly, jaunty score, and apositively infectious sense of joyfully unbridled decadence further addto the overall sleazy fun of this deliciously trashy Italian grindhousetreat.
Hellraiserdisciple (19 May 2012)
SS Girls opens with a lot of random shots in a seemingly abandonedhouse, accompanied by annoying organ music. Evil Nazi Hans Schellenbergis put to the task of recruiting ten women, who are willing toprostitute themselves to learn the secrets of top ranking Germanofficers. Because the Nazi elite are scared that their loyal minionsaren't as trustworthy as they should be. Does this seem familiar? If itdoes, then you've already seen Tinto Brass' superior Salon Kitty whichSS Girls steals heavily from. Fortunately, that doesn't really mattersince this is a Bruno Mattei film and when watching any of hiscreations the word "original" is not a word that will cross your pathfor the duration.Mattei makes a decent decision in showing the girls' training as amusical montage. What they show of it is mostly completely randomstuff, but it works in its limited capacity. Their training in sexualperversions here is nothing special. Salon Kitty managed to make thiswork to great effect, by actually being competently made. No such luckhere.Schellenberg, played by Gabriele Carrara, is one of the most evillooking villains I've come across in any film. He looks like a youngcoked-up Steve Martin come to think of it. In all fairness, seeingSchellenberg in full make-up and dressed as the Pope at one pointwasn't half bad. I'll give you a point there Bruno. He's moreover-the-top than Helmut Berger was in Salon Kitty, becoming a parodyof himself. Perhaps it's not surprising, but equally underwhelming andhilarious. The German officers are a horny bunch of perverts. Thissupplies us with a generous amount of female nudity, which I considergood, yet it manages to about as erotic as a trip to the dentist(assuming you're not a masochist or Jack Nicholson). You know you couldand probably should watch porn instead. There is the usual tedioustorture, which won't scare or please anyone. What I was hoping would beSS Girls saving grace was unintentional laughter from stupid actionsand even dumber dialogue. I'm not saying it wasn't terrible. I'm justsaying while being terrible it managed to be so without becoming veryfunny. The doctor slapping one of the girls for becoming pregnant,calling her "a little slut", made me chuckle though. At the end Matteidecides he wants to give the film the emotional depth it so sorelyneeds. He appears to make a serious attempt at giving SS Girls someweight, by making it abundantly clear how horrific the Nazi atrocitiesare. Could this be his Citizen Kane? No, not this time either Bruno. Itwas a fair try though.I doubt there is a more tasteless genre than the naziploitationsub-genre. Apart from the excellent Salon Kitty or Ilsa, She Wolf ofthe SS, none of those I've seen have much of what you would callredeeming qualities. Don't get me wrong. I'm truly glad there have beenpeople pushing the limits of taste and stupidity by making uttergarbage such as this. My problem arises when this garbage is able to beas tasteless and offensive as it is and yet remains almost completelywithout entertainment value. Salon Kitty had a pretty good story,decent actors, some excellent costume design and several poignantimages of madness. SS Girls has none of these qualities. Granted I'veseen way worse than SS Girls, but it remains frequently a dreadfulbore. If you, like me, simply have an urge to check out all of thescummiest films ever made then go right ahead, though I highly doubt itwill add anything to your life.In short: There is nothing particularly good about SS Girls or evencompetent. It just happens to exist, which is about the best thing Ican say about the film. Despite all my apprehensions I don't hate itfor some reason. Maybe I pity it? For being what it is you could do alot worse. Bruno Mattei's films deserve to be studied for years tocome. For more entertaining trash from Mattei I suggest Hell of theLiving Dead or Rats: Night of Terror.
FinnAndy (19 May 2012)
This was quite a shocker, well I should have known that when I rented it.Itwas so low budget that it made it worth watching. I´m quite new with thiscaliber of movies but I enjoyed it in a way, mostly because of the lousyacting, and the funny plot. I´m not quite sure what kind of people wouldlike this movie, it gets boring in the end.
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