Jan 25, 2020

Convoy of Girls (1978)



Original Title: Convoi de filles; a couple are separated by war.  One becomes a Nazi war hero, the other a Nazi prostitute.


AKA La Depravite del Terzo Reich- I imagine this was for a version with spiced-in sexual material.  Convoy of Girls has next to zero erotic elements and is a snoozer.  La Depravite del Terzo Reich looks like a much better film, even if it was just a bunch of Jess Franco footage pasted in. 


Erich von Strasser (Jean-Marie Lemaire) and Renata (Brigitte Parmentier) are young lovers.  However, the war separates them.

 Erich becomes a decorated Nazi soldier and is rewarded by being taken to a mansion full of women there to pleasure the war heroes.

 Erich is shocked to find his true love, Renata, among the women.

 She tells him that her father was caught hiding a Jew, and she's subsequently been forced to serve as a whore.

 Lots and lots of boring battle scenes.

Renata joins a special women's convoy headed to the Eastern front where they are scheduled to entertain the war-weary soldiers.

 Erich and Renata are once again reunited. 

 They have sex.

 Sadly, this is the film's best nude scene - where Renata wears a see-through nightgown.

 Erich and Renata attempt to escape together on a sleigh. 

As you probably predicted, it ends tragically.  Erich is shot and dies. THE END

This was not an exploitation film.  This was like Doctor Zhivago, with just about as much nudity.  I understand there was a sexed-up version of this film where it was hybridized with a Jess Franco film, but this clearly wasn't that.  I didn't press fast-forward, but I'd be lying if I said I watched it all - my mind wandered, and I may have fallen asleep. Awful.

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