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2024
“All The Savage Ravishing Passions of War!”
Five Branded Women (1960)
March 15, 19601h 55mEN
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Overview
Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.
Director
Martin RittWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
German
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N/A
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Production Companies
Paramount PicturesDDL Cinematografica
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CinemaSerf
7.0As was traditional during wartime, women who were accused of collaborating with the Nazis had their heads rather brutally shorn so as to clearly brand them for all to see. Based on Ugo Pirro's quite interesting book "Jovanka e le altre" this tells the story of five such women, cast out by their Yugoslav community, who set about finding their own way of avenging themselves upon their oppressors - both foreign and domestic. Silvana Mangano ("Jovanka") leads the band of ladies who include Barbara Bel Geddes ("Maria"), Jeanne Moreau ("Ljuba") and Vera Miles ("Daniza") as they prove just as effecti…
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