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5 unusual facts about Jesus Franco


Al Cliver

Al Cliver (born 16 July 1951) is an Italian actor who is perhaps best known for starring in horror and exploitation films, especially ones by directors Lucio Fulci and Jesús Franco.

Ilsa, the Wicked Warden

Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (also known as Greta, the Mad Butcher, Ilsa: Absolute Power, and Wanda, the Wicked Warden) is a 1977 sexploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Dyanne Thorne.

Julián Marías

He is the father of novelist Javier Marías and art historian Fernando Marías, and married the sister of director Jesús Franco.

Mondo Cannibale

Mondo Cannibale (also known as Cannibals, Die Blonde Gottin, White Cannibal Queen and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 cannibal film by prolific Spanish exploitation director Jesús Franco which starred a 17-year-old Sabrina Siani .

Sadomania

Sadomania – Hölle der Lust is a 1981 German-Spanish women in prison film directed by Jesús Franco, starring Ajita Wilson.


Marie Liljedahl

Marie Liljedahl (born 15 February 1950) is a Swedish actress who had a short-lived film career in the late-1960s and early-1970s, in the films of Joseph W. Sarno and Jesus Franco.

Soledad Miranda

In the brief period between late 1969 and the summer of 1970, she made seven films with Jess Franco altogether, including Eugénie de Sade, Vampyros Lesbos, She Killed in Ecstasy, and The Devil Came From Akasava.


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Bruno Mattei

Although Hollywood film critics undoubtedly regard him as a hack, it should be remembered that Mattei worked with many well-known cult filmmakers like Jesus Franco, Joe D'Amato, Lucio Fulci and Claudio Fragasso, and got to direct such well-known stars as Lou Ferrigno, Reb Brown, Bo Svenson, Donald Pleasence and Richard Harris.

Justine

Marquis de Sade: Justine, a 1968 film by Jesús Franco, based on de Sade's novel