Let Me Die a Woman (1974)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Doris Wishman

Writers:

Release Date:

16 November 1974 (Japan)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Born A Man... Let Me Die A Woman

Plot:

A documentary on the work of sex-change specialist Dr.Leo Wollman, including interviews with Dr.Wollman and a few of his patients...

Plot Keywords:

Sex Change | Interview | Genital Dismemberment | Medical Doctor | Anatomy

Cast

Dr. Leo Wollman	...	Himself
Leslie	...	Herself, Puerto Rican Transexual
Deborah Hartin	...	Herself
Lisa Carmelle
Frank Pizzo
Carol Sands
Billy Kelman
Doug Martin
Harry Reems	...	Cab driver (as Tim Long)

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario - edited version) | USA:X | Australia:R (censored) | UK:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Hygiene Films

Trivia:

Film was originally released in 1972 in a significantly different form under the title Strange/Her.

"Last Year I Was a Man"

First of all, anyone who watches ANYTHING directed by Doris Wishman has to expect to see bizarre camera angles, choppy film making, and bad acting...it comes with the territory and this film is no exception. That not with standing, this is probably one of the more superior Wishman films and it concerns a subject that, at the time, was considered taboo...transsexualism. Anyone who knows Wishman also knows that she is an exploitationeer so you have to expect a bit of sensationalism in Wishman's work as well. This film has that too as it is chock full of scenes and sexual anecdotes about the sexual lives of this "third sex". Yes, at the time of this film's release, transsexuals were actually considered to be a "third sex". The scene where the man gives himself his own sex change operation is exceptionally disturbing as is the scene where the transsexual has her vagina cave in on her. Yes, this film leaves no stone unturned as it explores every aspect of transsexualism including the female to male transsexuals. All in all it should be taken as an exceptionally classy exploitation film but NOT an educational tool.