Black Emanuelle

Black Emanuelle (It. Emanuelle nera) is an Italian softcore film from 1975, the first in a series made to cash in on the success of the French film Emmanuelle, which was released the year before. Like that film, it was followed by a long string of official and unofficial sequels.

Films

Black Emanuelle films

These films center around the Emanuelle character, played by Laura Gemser (except where noted).

• Black Emanuelle (1975), directed by Bitto Albertini.
• Black Emanuelle 2 (1976), directed by Bitto Albertini, starring Shulamith Lasri (as Sharon Leslie).

(the following films, are a sub section of the original series)

• Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976), directed by Joe D'Amato.
• Emanuelle in America (1977), directed by Joe D'Amato.
• Emanuelle Around the World (1977), directed by Joe D'Amato.
• Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977), directed by Joe D'Amato.
• Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (1978), directed by Joe D'Amato.

Other films

These are films that star Laura Gemser as a character other than Black Emanuelle but that have, at one point or another, been promoted as Emanuelle films. The name of her character has often been changed to Emanuelle in the English dubbing of the films.

• La Spiaggia del desiderio (aka. Emmanuelle on Taboo Island, 1976)
• Velluto nero (aka. Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle, dir: Brunello Rondi, 1976)
• L'Infermiera di campagna (aka. Emanuelle in the Country, dir: Mario Bianchi, 1978)
• Mavri Emmanouella (aka. Emanuelle: Queen of Sados, dir: Elia Milonakos, 1979)
• Die Todesgöttin des Liebescamps (aka. Divine Emanuelle, dir: Christian Anders, 1981)
• La Belva dalle calda pelle (aka. Emanuelle: Queen of the Desert, dir: Bruno Fontana, 1982)
• Emanuelle fuga dall'inferno (1983 aka. Emanuelle Escapes from Hell), directed by Bruno Mattei.
• Violenza in un carcere femminile (1982 aka. Caged Women, aka. Violence in a Women's Prison, aka. Emanuelle in Hell, aka. Emanuelle Reports from a Women's Prison), directed by Bruno Mattei.
• Sister Emanuelle (1977)
• Emanuelle and the Porno nights mondo documentary (1977) by Bruno Mattei and Joe D'Amato

Bitto Albertini's later movie, Il Mondo dei sensi di Emy Wong (1977, starring Chai Lee) was released as Yellow Emanuelle in some martkets.

Trivia

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• Emanuelle is spelled with one m. The French films, and the book by Emmanuelle Arsan were spelled with two m:s.
• The film Emanuelle in America contains a controversial scene where a naked woman masturbates a horse.
• Uncut versions of several Black Emanuelle films contain scenes depicting actual penetration. Also Emanuelle nera (1975) and Emanuelle - Perché violenza alle donne? contain scenes where the Emanuelle character is seen having explicit sex. These scenes were created with hardcore inserts, using a body double. Laura Gemser never performed explicit sexual acts on film, nor was she informed that a body double would be used.
• Some of the Black Emanuelle films by Joe D'Amato feature scenes of extreme violence and sexual violence, something not found in the French films.

See also

• Emmanuelle
• Sexploitation
• Joe D'Amato

External links

• Black Emanuelle at the Internet Movie Database