Fascism on a Thread- The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

2019

Action / Documentary

6
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 372 372

Plot summary

Feature length documentary on the cult sub-genre featuring interviews with Dyanne ‘Ilsa’ Thorne, Malissa ‘Elsa’ Longo, filmmakers Sergio Garrone, Mariano Caiano, Rino Di Silvestro, Liliana Cavani, Bruno Mattei, and many more.

Director

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Naomi Holwill

Top cast

Russ Hunter Photo
Russ Hunter as Self - Author / Academic
Helmut Berger Photo
Helmut Berger as (archive footage)
John Steiner Photo
John Steiner as Self
Dyanne Thorne Photo
Dyanne Thorne as Self
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840.85 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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English 2.0
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Reviews_of_the_Dead 8 / 10

Well Made Documentary for such a Schlocky Subgenre

This was a documentary that caught my attention when searching for ones to watch at work. This is a subgenre, Nazisploitation, that I'm not overly versed in. I've seen ones on the lighter side with Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge. That technically isn't the style of the movie they're talking about here, as this is more about the ones that are venturing into sexploitation, sado-masochism and the like.Something I've been running into lately with documentaries that I have been watching is rushing through the subject matter. This subgenre having a more finite stretch allows them to delve deeper and explore specific movies more. What also makes this interesting is that we hear from filmmakers or behind the scenes staff like Mario Caiano, Liliana Cavani and Sergio D'Offizi. They also have an archived interview with Bruno Mattei. They are also able to interview the likes of Malisa Longo, Dyanne Throne and Howard Maurer, who have interesting stories to tell about their time making these movies.What makes this work so well for me are the academics and critics who have watched these movies. It is funny because this subgenre is schlock. That's not to say there aren't things that they can discuss. They also try to figure out why these movies were made, outside of making money. We got the likes of Kim Newman, Allan Bryce, Russ Hunter, Mikel Koven and John Martin. They supply an interesting perspective.I'd also say that this is well-made. They do a great job of pulling footage, then editing it in to show the movies discussed. There are also clips from other movies showing a similar idea to help show that point. I did appreciate that. This supplies good insight about this odd subgenre. I personally own some of the films here, I just haven't watched yet. I'd recommend it to those that are intrigued like myself for sure.My Rating: 8 out of 10.
Reviewed by alienlegend 7 / 10

Amazing examination of a small dark corner in cinematic history!

I didn't know much, if anything, about Nazisploitation before watching this. Sure I had seen a couple of these films but this documentary is so well done and in-depth on this crazy topic I loved watching it. It made me very curious to see all the bizarre movies it mentioned. I think it's so great documentaries like this are being made now. What a wonderful world :) I love how it goes into why these films were made and the serious arthouse movies as well as the exploitation flicks that just tried to cash in. It's really such a strange genre (or rather it's probably a subgenre of exploitation) but it's very interesting to see a serious analysis of it.
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