Falling somewhere between the camp excesses of the Ilsa movies and the grim nastiness of Last Orgy of the Third Reich, Deported Women of the SS Special Section is one of the more enjoyable (not sure if that's the right word to describe a film about war atrocities, but hey ho!) examples of the sleazy sub-genre commonly known as Nazisploitation.
With pretty good production values (for a film of this type), and an uncomplicated story that manages to tick most of the 'concentration-camp cinema' boxes (humiliation and degradation of the prisoners, multiple shower scenes, torture, lesbianism, rape, and murder), director Rino Di Silvestro ensures that fans of this kind of fare don't go disappointed.
Deported Women begins with a group of female prisoners being transported by train to a castle-turned-prison. Once at their destination, the women are processed, examined, shaved (each lady is given a 'Hollywood' free of charge!), and sorted into various groups: some are kept for experimentation; others become 'field whores'; the best looking are saved for the Joy Divisionthe prostitution wing of the camp.
Amongst these new arrivals is Tania Nobel (Lina Polito), a disgraced aristocrat who, before the war, was an object of lust for the nasty camp commandant Herr Erner (John Steiner, who excels as a maniacal tyrant who makes Caligula look sane by comparison). However, rather than reciprocate Erner's advances, Tania chose to run off with her partisan lover insteada move which has left the Nazi with mixed feelings about the girl he once tried to woo: poor confused Herr Erner doesn't know whether to punish Tania, or attempt to win her affections.
So he does both.
After locking her in solitary confinement (for trying to escape) and threatening to make her suffer, he does an about-turn, and invites her to dinner, where he tries to impress her by forcing two of his subordinates (a couple of sadistic bitches who regularly abuse the prisoners) to give him a spot of fellatio. Needless to say, Erner's shocking display of power doesn't have the desired effect (perhaps a bunch of flowers and some fancy chocolates would've been a better way to go).
Eventually, Tania tires of Herr Erner's advances and attempts to end her life by starving herself. Admitted to the infirmary, Tania is nursed back to health by a kindly doctor, who, taking pity on his pretty patient, informs her of a secret tunnel that runs beneath the castle. Tania makes plans to escape, along with her fellow prisoners. But first, she has a score to settle with Herr Erner.
Deported Women starts off rather slow, and, to be honest, at first I thought it would be a real chore to sit through in one sitting. But as things progressed, the film got way sleazier and much more trashy, and by the end, I was pleased that I had stayed the distance. Amongst the dubious delights on display are the prolonged scene of hair removal (from all areas of the prisoner), a lesbian 'rape' that turns into a hilarious cat-fight between two of the guards, and a jaw-dropping moment where a frustrated Herr Erner finds temporary sexual release by buggering his henchman Doberman (Giorgio Cerioni).
And best of all is Tania's final act of revenge: she places razors in a cork, pops it up her cooch, and offers herself to the randy commandant... ouch!
