original Italian title: I'ISOLA DELLE SVEDES [Isle of the Swedes]
also known as TWISTED GIRLS and THE SWEDISH BITCH and
NO MAN'S ISLAND
director: Silvio
Amadio
starring: Katherine Diamant ˇ Ewa Green [as Eva Green] ˇ Nino Segurini
ˇ Wolfgang Hillinger
Following
a major fight with her fiancé Maurizio, Manuela breaks up with
him and decides
to go to a tiny island in the Mediterranean where her friend Eleanora
now lives a solitary life. The friendship between the two young women
gradually turns into a sexual attraction and they become lovers. Maurizio,
hoping to make up with Manuela, follows her to the island which leads
to an eruption of jealousy and deadly violence.
The
title makes little sense since neither Manuela nor Eleanora appear to
be Swedish. And the exploitative English title, Twisted Girls
is only marginally better. But more importantly, this film is generally
considered the turning point in Silvio Amadio's career, as he moved
away from Peplums (eg,THE
MINATAUR and other studio assignments) into a more perverse
direction. He is probably best known for two Rosalba Neri films, AMUCK!
and A
SMILE BEFORE DEATH. In 1974, Amadio helmed THE
MINOR and - as a result - he became obsessed with actress Gloria
Guido. He would direct her next five movies before they split their
ways. Mr Amadio died from cancer at age 68 in August 1995.
The
cinematographer for this film was Aristide Massaccesi, long before he
became Joe D'Amato. In fact, this was his debut in the motion picture
business. From here, he joined the crew of Demofilo Fidani (Miles Deem)
for a series of Spaghetti Westerns between 1969-72 (including DJANGO
VS SARTANA and DEAD
MEN DON'T MAKE SHADOWS). In late 1972, his experience landed
Aristide Massaccesi the 'Director of Cinematography' position for Massimo
Dallamano's epic Giallo WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? His amazing camerawork put him into
a directorial position. In 1973 he delivered DEATH
SMILES AT MURDER under his real name and LIVIA:
VIRGIN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE as the first film from Joe D'Amato.
Over the next three decades, he would helm close to 200 movies, often
starring Laura Gemser in her famous Black Emanuelle role (i.e., EMANUELLE
AND THE LAST CANNIBAL TRIBE, EMANUELLE
INVESTIGATES VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN, et al). In 1999,
Mr Massaccesi (Joe D'Amato) died from a heart attack at age 62, shortly
after completing his final movie PREDATORS
OF THE ANTILLES.
An Italian
film with English subtitles; widescreen format, (85 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT;
extras include selected trailers
Nudity/Graphic Violence/Sexual Brutality/Drugs
Recommended For Mature Audiences
