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Freak Orlando(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-11-06
54%
14 Votes
Time: 2h 6m
Overview:
FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.
Languages: English, French, German.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion
Pia Frankenberg Filmproduktion, Hamburg
Movie: Freak Orlando
Top 10 Billed Cast
Magdalena Montezuma
Orlando, als Pilger, Orlando Zyldopa, Orlando Orlanda, Orlando Capricho, Mr. Orlando, The Entertainer Mrs. Orlando
Delphine Seyrig
Helena Müller, als Lebensbaumgöttin, Kaufhausonsängerin, Mutter der Wundergeburt, Helena-Maya, Siamese sister Lena, Bunny Helena
Hiro Uchiyama
Zwei Tänzer, Department Store Detectives, Acrobats, Moines, Cerbere, Human-birds, Nurses
Eddie Constantine
Säulenheiliger
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Overview
FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.
Release Date
1981-11-06
Average
5.4
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