Her Private Hell (1968)

Interesting facts

Her Private Hell is a 1968 British sexploitation film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Lucia Modugno. It was written by Glynn Christian. The film was Warren's directorial debut and the first of two films, the second being Loving Feeling (1968), that Warren made for Bachoo Sen and Richard Schulman, founders of Piccadilly Pictures.

Production

According to Warren, producer Bachoo Sen had approached Richard Schulman, owner of London's Paris Pullman Cinema, with a proposal to set up a film production partnership. At the time of the meeting, Schulman was screening Warren's short film Fragment. As Sen and Schulman were lacking a director, Sen contacted Warren with an offer to make two films for them, which Warren accepted.

Her Private Hell was written by Glynn Christian, a New Zealand immigrant who based the story on his own experiences as a foreigner living in 1960s London. The film was shot in two weeks between August and September 1967, on a budget of £18,000 (approximately £287,000 in 2025). Filming was conducted at London's Isleworth Studios alongside the biopic Isadora, as well as on location at Branch Hill Lodge, Branch Hill, Hampstead.

Tony Britton and Peter Reynolds were considered for roles in the film. Udo Kier auditioned for the part of Matt but lost to French actor Daniel Ollier. Due to Ollier's thick accent, the character's lines were dubbed by another actor. Italian actress Lucia Modugno knew little English at the time of production. Botting speculates that Sen cast Modugno and Ollier to boost the film's appeal to audiences in continental Europe.

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