Helga Liné Movies
- 1985
This drama about dueling health clubs focuses on Roger (Daniel Greene), who runs a gym called (logically enough ) "Roger's Gym." But Roger is fast losing business to The Rejuvenarium, a health club owned by Marlene (Helga Liné). It seems Marlene is making off with Roger's best instructors and is keeping close watch on his business, possibly using illegal surveillance. The rivalry between the two gyms leads to a hotly contested battle at an aerobics competition, including a "race" on stationary bicycles. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Daniel Greene, Bob Small, (more)
- 1983
This standard softcore film actually has a plot of sorts that is adapted from a story by Honoré de Balzac, about a young model/prostitute named Venus (Josephine Jacqueline Jones) who comes to Paris from Martinique in the 19th century and encounters a series of lovers, male and/or female. Venus first captures the heart and the eye of young sculptor Armand (José Antonio Ceinos), who makes a statue of her called the "Black Venus." Venus's amorous attentions are next focused on the wealthy bisexual Madame Marie (Karin Schubert), causing Armand to downslide into depression -- partly because Venus is making money to support them through this prostitution. Later on, Venus falls for innocent teenager Louise (Florence Guerin) in Paris, and the two of them eventually move into the Spanish mansion of an art collector. The art collector, however, has more than a passing interest in the Black Venus statue -- and his greed bodes ill for everyone. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Josephine Jacqueline Jones, Jose Antonio Ceinos, (more)
- 1982
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's films are colorful, sexy, and very funny, and this one is a perfect introduction to his work. An emperor's son, Reza Niro (Imanol Arias), comes to Madrid in disguise and sleeps with Sadeq (Antonio Banderas), an Islamic terrorist with a highly developed sense of smell. Sadeq's group wants to kidnap Reza, who disguises himself as a punk rock singer and falls in love with Sexilia (Cecilia Roth), a nymphomaniac singer for a rival band. There's also a wealthy woman (Helga Line) who wants Reza's sperm for an artificial insemination, a delirious dry-cleaner who sleeps with his own daughter, and other bizarre characters. Almodovar takes delight in intersecting lives, chance meetings, and humor that springs from the strangest of situations. He also has the rare talent of presenting potentially offensive material in such a whimsical and affectionate fashion that no matter what his characters do, the audience loves them as much as he does. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, (more)
- 1979
In this melodrama, Leticia is an upper-class girl who falls in love with an unhappily married tutor, despite the fact that the tutor's wife is her piano teacher. Leticia's father somehow finds out about the attachment between the two and confronts the tutor, who then commits suicide. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ramiro Oliveros, Jeannine Mestre, (more)
- 1973
Spanish director Carlos Aured's fourth and final film with horror star Jacinto Molina (alias "Paul Naschy") stars the cult favorite as the mummy of a blood-drinking Pharoah, as well as his Arab guardian, Oseth Bey. The mummy predictably tracks down those who disturbed his tomb and searches for the reincarnation of his beloved queen (Helga Line) before being roasted alive. There is little inventiveness shown in this routine effort, although the murders are bloodier than usual for the mummy subgenre. Jack Taylor, Maria Silva, and Eduardo Calvo lead the veteran cast. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
Spanish horror star Jacinto Molina, best known as Paul Naschy, stars in this bloody horror film from gore specialist Carlos Aured. Molina plays a knight who is decapitated and whose wife is cut in half, cursing his descendents when they come to the old mansion looking for his head. The knight's head is rejoined to his body, his wife (Cristina Suriani) is revived, and much mayhem follows. A maid has her head lopped off with a sickle, Suriani rips flesh from a man's back during sex, and zombies emerge from a nearby lake. Aured throws everything but the kitchen sink into this violent pastiche, but the engaging cast (including horror regulars Helga Line, Emma Cohen, and Vic Winner) and some creative touches make it worth seeing for Naschy devotees. One of the best Spanish horror films, this was the first effort of the nascent Profilmes production company, which turned out numerous genre efforts over the ensuing years. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1972
This Spanish language film centers on the search for the pieces of a treasure map and what people will do to get them. ~ Rovi
- 1971
This unwieldy Spanish drama tells the story of what happens in a conservative country region, sometime in the past, when the new director of a home for mentally deranged women attempts to bring more modern and humane methods to the management and treatment of his charges. The staff and the neighboring villagers and officials resist his changes, considering them no better than witchcraft. He has some success with his patients but cannot make headway with those who hired him. When he leads his charges through the village as a form of protest march, his days in charge are over. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1970
This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s release of the often-played Robin Hood story. ~ Rovi
- 1970
Nazis are threatening, and only a squad of British commandos can stop them. ~ Rovi
- 1968
The Spanish-Italian Crime Story made its way to the US via the many independent UHF TV stations of the mid-1980s. Stan Cooper and Helga Line star in this fanciful spy caper. The "maguffin" is the formula for a serum that will immunize people against radiation from atomic blasts. Secret service agent Cooper must recover this formula before it falls into the proverbial Wrong Hands. It's hardly credible, but it's fun. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1967
Santo is a masked man who is out to see that good prevails in this sometimes dark world. In this adventure he's after a crazed scientist who has devised a gruesome scheme whereby he kills beautiful gals with a germ that creates a serum from their bodies that can be used to create incredible forgeries of world-famous paintings. ~ Rovi
- 1967
In this drama, a CIA agent must race against time to find a purloined nuclear bomb, "Bloody Mary", which had been taken by a ring of foreign spies. He soon finds himself aboard an Athens-bound freighter where he encounters Russian and Chinese agents. Will he find the weapon in time? ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1966
Set in fourth century Italy, this sword and sandal adventure retells the story of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai as it follows the exploits of two brothers who gather a gallant group of ex-galley slaves and sail off to the Middle East to enact the downfall of a tyrant. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tony Russell, Helga Liné, (more)
- 1966
The Franco-Italian L'Ombrellone stars Enrico Maria Salerno as a vacationing Roman engineer. He'd prefer a little peace and quiet, but his frisky wife (Sandra Milo) insists upon dragging him to party after party. At one of these Felliniesque get-togethers, Salerno notices that his wife is enjoying the attentions of a charming playboy (Jean Sorel). It's all quite innocent, but the usual complications and misunderstandings ensue. Also known as El Parasol, L'Ombrellone was released in the U.S. as Weekend Wives and Weekend Italian Style. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Enrico Maria Salerno, Sandra Milo, (more)
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