The Laughing Woman
Femina Ridens
Romance
Thriller
Dominance. Submission.
Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.
1969-08-24
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Cast
Director
Piero Schivazappa
Dagmar Lassander as Maria
Philippe Leroy as Dr. Sayer
Lorenza Guerrieri as Gida
Maria Cumani Quasimodo as Sayer's Secretary
Mirella Pamphili as Streetwalker
Salvatore Furnari as Dwarf (uncredited)
John Karlsen as Manservant (uncredited)
Gennarino Pappagalli as Passerby (uncredited)
Osvaldo Peccioli as Politician (uncredited)
Filippo Perego as Politician (uncredited)