Des Teufels nackte Tochter
★ 8 · 1966 · 65m · Drama · Crime
The sad morality tale of the Holstein blonde Renate, who, after being raped, leaves the farm to become a prostitute. In Hamburg she shoots the murderous pimp, in Instanbul she falls in with drug dealers, temporarily she falls for a released convict...
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