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Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay
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Wikipedia article
'Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay' is a 1971 French film by Bruno Gantillon, an erotic horror tale involving Morgan le Fay and a castle full of women in the French countryside. Morgan rules the island Avalon as if it were Lesbos in a lesbian exploitative film praised by critics for its setup and characters, and named a "neglected Eurotrash classic".
Plot
Two young women, Anna and Franoise travel by car through the Auvergne. Having run out of gas near an odd village, they spend the night in a barn where they make love. The next morning, Anna is gone and a dwarf in medieval garb guides Franoise through a forest (later identified as Brocliande) to a lake, where a magic canoe carries her to an island, and then to a castle where scantily clad women frolic and kiss, overseen by the dwarf Gurth. Franoise is interviewed by Morgan le Fay and bathed by some of her women. Gurth reveals in a monologue that he procures the women for Morgan and has aspirations to take over.
During dinner, Morgan and Franoise discuss love and beauty, and Morgan reveals that time is at her command. Afterward, she proceeds to caress and kiss Franoise, while her women wonder if they have been forgotten. Morgan offers immortality and beauty; if the offer is not accepted, a life of abjection among a group of older women is the victim's lot. Anna, tied up in the basement, accepts the offer, but Franoise escapes to look for the boat. She manages to swim across, only to find Morgan waiting for her on the other side, wherever she turns; she takes her back to her castle and promises to teach her magic.
Franoise, however, schemes with Gurth to escape, and a feast the next day appears to be a good occasion to get a magic necklace and other items together. Dances are performed and groups of women engage in various kinds of lovemaking; Franoise makes love to the woman who has the magic tunic, and runs off with it. The necklace has also been stolen. Franoise, now in the tunic which renders her invisible and wearing the necklace (which controls the boat), needs only Morgan's topaz globe, without which she cannot leave the forest. Gurth is accused, and sentenced to blindness, muteness, and leglessness. He gives Franoise his "ring of life" so he will die and she will be able to escape; he dies instantly and Franoise escapes from the castle and boards the boat. Gurth's horse appears and Franoise rides off, ending up in the village, just in time for a funeral procession. However, she calls out for Morgan, who is there immediately. Morgan takes her back to the barn, where Anna is sleeping still with Franoise, being watched now by Franoise.
Cast
*Dominique Delpierre: Morgan le Fay
*Alfred Baillou: Gurth
*Mireille Saunin: Franoise
*Rgine Motte: Yael
*Ursule Pauly: Sylviane
*Michle Perello: Anna
*Nathalie Chaine: Sarah
*Velly Beguard: herself
Production
The film was shot in 1970 on location in Bort-les-Orgues and in the castle Chteau de Val, which at the time had fallen into disrepair and was available cheaply. The cellar scenes (for Morgan's party) were filmed later, in Paris. During that party, a poem by Louise Lab is recited. The film was released in 1971 to an audience of around 25,000 viewers in its first week.Pete Tomb, DVD notes, 2005.
Release
'Girls Slaves of Morgana Le Fay' was released in France on 17 February 1971.
References
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