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War Goddess

Original title: Le guerriere dal seno nudo
  • 1973
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
442
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Alena Johnston and Sabine Sun in War Goddess (1973)
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A story of a tribe of Amazons in the age of swords and chariots. The film opens with the tribe holding physical contests to select a new queen. Since there are no men in the tribe, they hire... Read allA story of a tribe of Amazons in the age of swords and chariots. The film opens with the tribe holding physical contests to select a new queen. Since there are no men in the tribe, they hire men from another nation once a year. After the queen is crowned, the Amazons go to meet a... Read allA story of a tribe of Amazons in the age of swords and chariots. The film opens with the tribe holding physical contests to select a new queen. Since there are no men in the tribe, they hire men from another nation once a year. After the queen is crowned, the Amazons go to meet a group of Greek soldiers for their annual mating. The king of the Greeks pretends to be a ... Read all

  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Richard Aubrey
    • Dino Maiuri
    • Robert Graves
  • Stars
    • Alena Johnston
    • Sabine Sun
    • Rosanna Yanni
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    442
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Richard Aubrey
      • Dino Maiuri
      • Robert Graves
    • Stars
      • Alena Johnston
      • Sabine Sun
      • Rosanna Yanni
    • 14User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Alena Johnston
    • Antiope
    Sabine Sun
    Sabine Sun
    • Orytheia
    Rosanna Yanni
    Rosanna Yanni
    • Penthesilea
    Malisa Longo
    Malisa Longo
    • Leuthera
    Helga Liné
    Helga Liné
    • High Priestess
    Godela H. Meyer
    Rebecca Potok
    Rebecca Potok
    • Melanippe
    • (as Rayna Potok)
    Lucy Tiller
    • Alana
    Almut Berg
    Almut Berg
    • Cynara
    Claudine Albuquerque
    Anna Petocchi
    Veronique Floret
    Nathalie Plouvie
    Virginia Rhodes
    Ulrike Pesch
    Luciana Paluzzi
    Luciana Paluzzi
    • Phaedra
    Angelo Infanti
    • Theseus
    Fausto Tozzi
    Fausto Tozzi
    • General
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Richard Aubrey
      • Dino Maiuri
      • Robert Graves
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews14

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    Nozze-Foto

    To call this movie strange is putting it mildly.

    This movie does NOT take itself seriously, I figured that out in the first three minutes. An opening title informs us "This movie happened, if it happened at all, about 3000 years ago." That means it takes place in 1000BC. What's wrong with that? Well the heroes are Roman soldiers and the Roman empire did not begin until 750BC. Therefore these soldiers represent an empire that will not even exist for over 2 centuries! I'll bet no one went to see this movie for a history lesson though. The real heroes are Amazon warriors who have to mate with men once a year or they will die out. Practicing selective breeding they only mate with tough Roman soldiers and they make love while chanting "Men are pigs, men are filth." (Which is something I and the other girls in my sorority did in college. I guess some traditions never die.) No monsters, dragons or giants. The battle scenes are okay and there is a mud wrestling scene that all the men will enjoy. If you want a plot that makes sense, or at least pretends to, try any of the HERCULES movies.
    4Escribar

    More Reactive Raging than Believable Battle Bits.

    The idea of women in battle seems to always draw men to the screen. After Thunderball in which I participated, I remain distressfully unimpressed with Director Young's haphazard portrayal of a classic theme. It seems to come apart at the seams.

    It's saving grace (to me) was the portrayal of the Amazonians ...at home. The sequence in which the young Amazons live amidst the warriors becomes more natural and intimate to this viewer. In particular the little five or six year old blond Amazon played by Mary Scott O'Connor was heartwarming She came across as feisty, vibrant and ready to challenge the world compared to the "Queen" who walked through her role as if she were with 'valley girls' on a shopping spree.

    The 'Greek Army' portrayed by actual Spanish Army soldiers and extras was a far cry from the Greek Warriors of an antiquity we all come to expect on the screen. For my money, I'd give the little blond Amazon star billing over most of the other so-called warriors out to exterminate all but the breeding stock of the male gender. The repetitious axe visuals might be more suited to the next generations 'Texas Chain-Saw Movie' ... give the kid credit and move on. Fred Vallachi was wise in gathering and casting the youngest Amazons from the hinterlands and ex-patriot communities of Spain.
    6grayghost-40225

    An Unusually Skilled Sword and Sandal Adventure

    This movie's greatest selling point is the sex. There is tons of it, even for an exploitation film. I wouldn't go out of my way to review this if that was all it had to offer though. It presents minimal plot yet an interesting take on politics in the city of Amazons. Most impressive of all however, is the acrobatics.

    For some reason, women in American movies at this time were, more often than not, poor fighters. Even in the 80's, Sandahl Bergman, the queen of fantasy adventures, could just barely pass as someone trained with a sword. She was in at least three I can think of in which swordplay was important to her character, yet she never once sold me that she could use it. Against the odds, every major and minor character in War Goddess can fight. On foot, horseback, and in mud, these women can wield any weapon and perform any feat. It's very impressive.
    2Bunuel1976

    Le Guerriere Dal Seno Nudo (1974) *1/2

    A sexually-liberated (if not terribly explicit) peplum which inconceivably attracted an assortment of talent - director Young, cinematographer Aldo Tonti, production designer Mario Garbuglia, composer Riz Ortolani - but the result is jaw-droppingly awful, so much so that I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard (for all the wrong reasons) during a film! The warriors of the title are man-hating (i.e. lesbian) Amazonian women who must go through the 'humiliation' of mating once a year with strong men (settling on a garrison of the Greek army, despite their well-known reputation as homosexuals) in order to bear females to continue their line!

    It's well and good that the film doesn't take itself too seriously - as can be witnessed from the self-deprecating text which opens and closes the picture - but that doesn't excuse the sheer insanity of some of its concepts: the Amazonians being able to avoid an ambush or detect an intruder in their camp because one of them is allergic to males and has a sneezing fit whenever she senses their presence; the mating is preceded by a ritual of anti-male chanting that is supposed to 'insulate' the women in the call of their duty, thus making submission (even if temporary) to the opposite sex tolerable. Also worth mentioning are the Olympian challenges between the two armies (which the men invariably lose?!), not one but two all-nude wrestling matches - no doubt inspired by the notorious male equivalent which forms the centerpiece of Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE (1969) - between the current Amazonian Queen and her jealous and scheming rival (belatedly revealed as her own sibling, but which doesn't prevent them from subsequently becoming lovers!!), the stupid mugging of a love-struck servant girl who drinks an aphrodisiac prepared for the Queen by the conspirators...not forgetting the ludicrous art direction (everything in the Amazonian court, including the Queen's throne and scepter, seems to be made in the shape of an axe for no apparent reason!), the incongruous costumes (from the much later Roman Empire era), or the battle scenes in which the fighting Amazonians are barely-concealed stuntmen in drag!!

    Apparently, LE GUERRIERE DAL SENO NUDO (which literally translates to THE BARE-BREASTED WARRIORS but was known internationally as THE AMAZONS) was a rival production with the equally irresistible-sounding LE AMAZZONI - DONNE D' AMORE E DI GUERRA aka BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS (1973), directed by Al Bradley...er...Alfonso Brescia!
    RodrigAndrisan

    Bare breasts and a lot of talk

    If you want to see some naked women, riding horses, throwing spears, female warriors fighting each other or with men, or Angelo Infanti eating an apple in almost any scene, this is the film for you. A pile of barren beauty contest and they gave for making this film. There is even a pathetic ballet scene that takes place in a cave. The whole movie is boring. Except maybe the fighting scene between Antiope(Alena Johnston, a beautiful blonde) and Orytheia(a not so beautiful Sabine Sun but, she was the wife of the director, Terence Young). Luciana Paluzzi, the beautiful Fiona from Thunderball(directed by the same Terence Young), has a small role as Phaedra . Riz Ortolani's music (which is very talented) is not great in this one.

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    • Trivia
      The two leading actresses didn't particularly get along on the shoot. This can be seen in the catfight scene, as they both give an enthusiastic performance fighting. The dislike is also evident in the scene following that one, in which the two actresses are obliged to be intimate.
    • Alternate versions
      The English language version The Amazons was distributed in the Middle-East with Arabic subtitles, but censored.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Day After Halloween (1979)

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    • Release date
      • March 1975 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Amazons
    • Filming locations
      • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Les Films de la Boétie
      • Monteluce Film
      • Films Montana
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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