Die gnadenlosen Sieben

Originaltitel: La belva dalla calda pelle

1982
BPjM Restricted
1 Std. 36 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

3,7/10

419

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Action Drama Thriller

Sieben Kommandos verlieren Ihren Kapitän und müssen einen brutalen überlebensversuch starten.Sieben Kommandos verlieren Ihren Kapitän und müssen einen brutalen überlebensversuch starten.Sieben Kommandos verlieren Ihren Kapitän und müssen einen brutalen überlebensversuch starten.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

3,7/10

419

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Alternative Versionen
In the version titled "Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert," which is the version most often screened on American television and on home video, substantial editing has taken place. The opening scenes have been partially kept in audio, but the picture has been replaced with various images of Laura Gemser, in various states of undress, from throughout the film. Also, the basic premise, which is told in linear fashion in the original, is moved to the middle of the film, as if in flashback. The scene in which Gemser's character entices one of the soldiers on a hillside becomes the film's opening scene, whereas in the original cut, this scene takes place about halfway through the film's running time. The credit order is also changed, with Laura Gemser receiving top billing, whereas Angelo Infanti is top-billed in the original film.

Verbindungen
Featured in Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater: Folge vom 22. Januar 1994 (1994)

Benutzerrezensionen7

Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

The Dirty Seven vs. Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert

The reviews so far on IMDb seem to be split down the middle regarding "La belva dalle calda pelle," also known as "The Dirty Seven" and "Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert." The majority of the negative reviews seem to base their criticisms on the fact that it is clearly not an official Emanuelle film (Laura Gemser is in fact called Sheila in the movie) and a flashback sequence that is over thirty minutes long, while the positive critiques make no mention the flashback, which is absent in the version known as "The Dirty Seven." This and the original Italian title make no allusion to Emanuelle. In this form the film is much more linear with only one very brief flashback where Sheila finds the dead body of her sister, thus establishing her motive.

It should also be noted that Gemser is not introduced into "The Dirty Seven" until a substantial amount of time has past, where in the "Queen of the Desert" she appears almost immediately.

I contend that the former is director Bruno Fontana's actual vision and that the "Emanuelle" version was re-edited (by someone other than Fontana) to cash in on Gemser's "Black Emanuelle" status.

While I may be stating the obvious, I wish to appeal to those negative critics and let them know that this film exists in two entities, under two different titles and to think twice before blaming Fontana for "Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert," it's slapped-on title and its shoddy chronology.