Check to the Queen (1969)
aka Scacco alla regina
Genre: Crime
Country: Italy | West Germany | Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile
Language: Italian | Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 95mn
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It is basically a story of female bondage, as glamorous, desirable model/jet setter Margaret (played by Rosanna Schiaffino), takes in the plastic/perfect Silvia (young Haydeé Politoff) and grooms her for some great undertaking -presumably she will become a model. With various servants tending to every detail of Politoff's physical aspect (hair, nails, makeup, clothing, etc.) film's early reels promise the prospect of an ALL ABOUT EVE twisting storyline, but such is not the case.
Instead Silvia is subject to Margaret's every whim and flighty change of mood, a female slave who is humiliated at every opportunity. She's not there to do menial work, no there are innumerable servants for that. She's a plaything, almost a real-life doll. One could imagine the film being made on a similar premise (as are many Japanese anime efforts) of her being a realistic robot or sex toy.
Instead Silvia is subject to Margaret's every whim and flighty change of mood, a female slave who is humiliated at every opportunity. She's not there to do menial work, no there are innumerable servants for that. She's a plaything, almost a real-life doll. One could imagine the film being made on a similar premise (as are many Japanese anime efforts) of her being a realistic robot or sex toy.
Director Pasquale Festa Campanile presents his tale, adapted from a famous novel of its day, in straightforward fashion, letting the actors and the incidents accomplish his task. He never stoops to the glossy surface effects of a Radley Metzger, who would have been the logical director for this material had it been a U.S. project.
Film seems a followup to Festa Campanile's greatest hit THE LIBERTINE, and not surprisingly Politoff closely resembles that film's star Catherine Spaak. Oddly enough, Metzger released that film & made a lot of money with it Stateside via his Audubon Films label, but passed on QUEEN. Politoff is one of the great beauties of her era, and I have enjoyed seeing her in everything from Eric Rohmer films to CEMETERY GIRLS to BORA BORA, but show biz being mainly about luck she never made the big time. And she never generated a latter-day cult like Edwige Fenech.
Film seems a followup to Festa Campanile's greatest hit THE LIBERTINE, and not surprisingly Politoff closely resembles that film's star Catherine Spaak. Oddly enough, Metzger released that film & made a lot of money with it Stateside via his Audubon Films label, but passed on QUEEN. Politoff is one of the great beauties of her era, and I have enjoyed seeing her in everything from Eric Rohmer films to CEMETERY GIRLS to BORA BORA, but show biz being mainly about luck she never made the big time. And she never generated a latter-day cult like Edwige Fenech.
Check to the Queen (1969)
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