Name: Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Director: Jesús Franco
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Released: 1977-01-01
Duration: 89 min

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977) follows a young woman in Inquisition-era Portugal who is compelled to enter a convent after a priest condemns her alleged misconduct. As she endures humiliation, manipulation, and strange rituals within the institution, she discovers that the convent conceals disturbing abuses of power and sinister religious practices. This West German-Swiss horror film blends nunsploitation imagery, religious corruption, and erotic Gothic themes in a provocative exploration of repression and authority.

This is, superficially at least, one of Jess Franco’s ‘classiest’ pictures, with a thoughtful script, sober camerawork, hordes of extras in period dress, and a suitably 18th century inflected score. Underneath the trappings, however, it’s as perverse and twisted as ever. … Like Jack the Ripper, Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun shows what Franco is capable of when he’s given some decent money and the chance to take a little time on a project.

Stephen Thrower, Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco, Volume Two (Strange Attractor Press, 2018)

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun Blu-ray & DVD editions

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Comparison of Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun Blu-ray & DVD Editions
Disc Extras	Delirium BD-A/US 2026	Ascot Elite BD-ALL/DE 2014	Full Moon DVD-1/US 2016	VIP DVD-0/CH
Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth
DVD Production Report (17:25)
Memories of a Portuguese Nun - Interviews with Producer/Co-Writer Erwin C. Dietrich, Director Jess Franco, Actors Herbert Fux and Lina Romay, and Cinematographer Peter Baumgartner (12:55)
Franco, Lina und Fux im Filmmuseum München - Q&A with Director Jess Franco, and Actors Lina Romay and Herbert Fux (2001, 5:24)
Interviews with Producer/Co-Writer Erwin C. Dietrich, Director Jess Franco and Actor Herbert Fux (8:14)
Franco, Bloody Franco [Ascot Elite] - Archival Audio Interview with Director Jess Franco (In French with Optional German Subtitles, 1976, 40:49)
Franco, Bloody Franco [Full Moon] - Archival Audio Interview with Director Jess Franco (In French with English Text, 1976, 40:24)
Still Gallery [Ascot Elite] (33 Images, 1:10)
Stills Gallery [Delirium]
Stills Gallery [VIP] (19 Images)
Biography: Actor Herbert Fux (3 Screens)
Biography: Actor William Berger (1 Screen)
Biography: Actress Ana Zanatti (1 Screen)
Biography: Actress Susan Hemingway (1 Screen)
Biography: Director Jess Franco (7 Screens)
Biography: Producer Erwin C. Dietrich (8 Screens)
English Video Trailer (2:39)
German Theatrical Trailer (3:01)
Vintage Jess Franco VHS Trailers Reel (6:44)

Edition and Packaging Notes

Delirium’s Blu-ray includes trailers for Barbed Wire Dolls (1976), Doriana Gray (1976), Love Camp (1977) and Satanic Sisters (1977).
Ascot Elite’s Blu-ray includes trailers for: Downtown (1975), Jack the Ripper (1976), Die Marquise von Sade (1976), Weisse Haut auf schwarzen Schenkeln (1976), Frauen im Liebeslager (1977), Greta - Haus ohne Männer (1977), Der Ruf der blonden Göttin (1977), Die Sklavinnen (1977), Die teuflischen Schwestern (1977), Frauen für Zellenblock 9 (1978) and Frauen ohne Unschuld (1978).
Full Moon’s DVD “VHS Trailers Reel” extra includes trailers for: The Invisible Dead (1970), The Screaming Dead (1972), Erotikill (1973), A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973), Demoniac (1975) and The Oasis of the Living Dead (1982).
VIP’s “The Official Jess Franco Collection” DVD includes trailers for: Barbed Wire Dolls (1976), Doriana Grey (1976), Jack the Ripper (1976), Blue Rita (1977), Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977), The Devilish Sisters (1977) and Porno Shock (1977).

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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun title screen

Memories of a Portuguese Nun (12:55)
Franco, Lina und Fux im Filmmuseum München (2001, 5:24)

Editions	Delirium BD 2026 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p23.976 Overall bit rate: 27.10 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:29:14.390 File size: 22.89 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 4172 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 2 Language: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 1756 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 3 Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 448 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English SDH
Editions	Ascot Elite BD 2014 Video File 1 Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Resolution: 1080p24 Overall bit rate: 31.94 Mbps Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Length:1:29:09.083 File size: 29.18 GiB Audio File 1 Language: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 3319 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 2 Language: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 3347 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 3 Language: Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 3295 kbps Bit depth: 24-bit File 4 Language: Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sampling rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 192 kbps Bit depth: 16-bit Subtitles English Japanese
Extras	Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth Delirium BD
	DVD Production Report (17:25) VIP DVD
	Memories of a Portuguese Nun - Interviews with Producer/Co-Writer Erwin C. Dietrich, Director Jess Franco, Actors Herbert Fux and Lina Romay, and Cinematographer Peter Baumgartner (12:55, 1080i60) Delirium BD
	Franco, Lina und Fux im Filmmuseum München - Q&A with Director Jess Franco, and Actors Lina Romay and Herbert Fux (2001, 5:24, 1080i60) Delirium BD
	Interviews with Producer/Co-Writer Erwin C. Dietrich, Director Jess Franco and Actor Herbert Fux (8:14) VIP DVD
	Franco, Bloody Franco [Full Moon] - Archival Audio Interview with Director Jess Franco (In French with English Text, 1976, 40:24, 480p) Full Moon DVD
	Still Gallery [Ascot Elite] (33 Images, 1:10, 1080p) Ascot Elite BD
	Stills Gallery [VIP] (19 Images) VIP DVD
	English Video Trailer (2:39, 1080p) Delirium BD
	German Theatrical Trailer (3:01, 1080p) Delirium BD