Karin Schubert

Her early roles included the Spaghetti Western Compañeros (1970){{cite book|author=Thomas Weisser|title=Spaghetti Westerns—the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4gOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT92|date=11 March 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1169-3|page=92}} and Gérard Oury's film La folie des grandeurs (1971).{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/la-folie-des-grandeurs|title=LA FOLIE DES GRANDEURS - Festival de Cannes|website=Festival de Cannes}}{{cite book|author=Jean-Louis Ginibre|title=Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hgQRVaWL-gC&pg=PA101|year=2005|publisher=Filipacchi Publishing|isbn=978-1-933231-04-4|page=101}} In 1972, she appeared in the films Bluebeard, directed by Edward Dmytryk,{{cite book|title=Films and Filming|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWk9AAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Hansom Books}} and Yves Boisset's L'Attentat.{{cite book|author=Philippe Chanoinat|title=Louis de Funès: Rabbi Jacob à la folie !|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0m_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT35|date=2014|publisher=Jungle|isbn=978-2-8222-1036-2|page=35}} The same year, she appeared along with Edwige Fenech and Pippo Franco in the sex comedy Ubalda, All Naked and Warm.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/8614-FILM-REVIEW-UBALDA,-ALL-NAKED-AND-WARM-1973-STARRING-EDWIGE-FENECH.html|title=FILM REVIEW: "UBALDA, ALL NAKED AND WARM" (1973) STARRING EDWIGE FENECH – Cinema Retro|website=www.cinemaretro.com}} She then started to appear in adventure films, especially with Italian actor George Eastman. The first film of this kind was a Three Musketeers Spaghetti Western adaptation, Tutti per uno...botte per tutti (Three Musketeers of the West) in 1973,{{cite book|author=JeanLuc Marret|title=Pornification: Vie de Karin Schubert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOwkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|date=9 June 2017|publisher=Éditions Intervalles|isbn=978-2-36956-143-9|page=55}} and she also appeared in the crime drama Rudeness (1975),{{cite book|author=Roberto Curti|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VxOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|date=9 October 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1208-9|page=146}} and as a Russian agent in the spy film Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1978) opposite Peter Graves and Curd Jürgens. In 1975 she appeared in the hit film Black Emanuelle starring Laura Gemser which drew the attention of director Joe d'Amato,{{cite book|author=David Kerekes|title=Creeping Flesh: The Horror Fantasy Film Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZk9BLQciHQC&pg=PA147|year=2003|publisher=Headpress|isbn=978-1-900486-36-1|page=147}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2016/02/19/news/50_sbavature-133615480/|title=50 Sbavature e gli altri, la parodia dei film erotici|date=19 February 2016}} and began to take part in his erotic films, including Emanuelle Around the World in 1977 where she played Cora Norman, the counterpart of Gemser.{{cite book|author=Louis Paul|title=Italian Horror Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrzeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA202|date=15 November 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6113-4|page=202}}

Gradually losing demand as an actress in the mid-1980s, she moved to Spain, but also failed to establish herself there. Her personal problems also contributed to her career problems: her marriage broke down, and her son became addicted to drugs, becoming so out of control that his mother became the target of his violent outbursts. To earn money for his treatment, Schubert started posing for pornographic magazines, but when the money from this ran out, in 1985 at the age of 40, she also began starring in hardcore pornography films. Using her notoriety as leverage, she signed a contract with a film company that paid her an annual salary of 180,000 German marks, to perform in films mostly in Italy and West Germany.

In 1994, 50-year-old Schubert left pornography, having starred in 24 films of this genre. That same year she tried to commit suicide by taking barbiturates with vodka, but was rescued by neighbors. Two years later, neighbors found her unresponsive in her car, having attempted suicide a second time by carbon monoxide poisoning.{{cite web |last1=Stanwyck |first1=Johnny |title=The Sacrifice of Karin Schubert |url=https://grindhouse-effect.com/articles/the-sacrifice-of-karin-schubert/ |website=The Grindhouse Effect |date=May 2018 |access-date=10 June 2021}}

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• A Sword for Brando (1970)
• Compañeros (1970)
• La folie des grandeurs (1971){{cite web|url=https://www.telestar.fr/culture/karin-schubert-dans-quelle-carriere-improbable-s-est-elle-lancee-apres-la-folie-des-grandeurs-344050|title=Karin Schubert : dans quelle carrière improbable s'est-elle lancée après La folie des grandeurs ?|last=Telestar.fr|date=29 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/cinema/205868-la-folie-des-grandeurs-france-2-letrange-destin-de-karin-schubert-de-louis-de-funes-au-porno/|title=La folie des grandeurs (France 2) : l'étrange destin de Karin Schubert, de Louis De Funès au porno|date=29 April 2018}}
• Bluebeard (1972){{cite web|url=http://www.premiere.fr/TV/News-TV/Le-destin-tragique-de-Karin-Schubert-de-La-Folie-des-Grandeurs-au-cinema-porno|title=Le destin tragique de Karin Schubert : de La Folie des Grandeurs au cinéma porno|date=4 January 2016}}
• L'Attentat (1972)
• Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972)
• Master of Love (1972)
• The Three Musketeers of the West (1973)
• La Punition (1973){{cite book|title=Ecran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3UHAQAAIAAJ|date=January 1979|publisher=Editions de l'Atlante.}}
• The Girl in Room 2A (1974){{cite book|author1=Bill Landis|author2=Michelle Clifford|title=Sleazoid express: a mind-twisting tour through the grindhouse cinema of Times Square|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxfuAAAAMAAJ|date=19 November 2002|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-1583-1}}{{cite book|title=Epoca|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BL01AQAAIAAJ|date=November 1987}}
• Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/20/archives/screen-comedy-vehicle-for-laura-antonelli-bette-davis-in-new-tv.html|title=Screen: Comedy Vehicle For Laura Antonelli|first=Janet|last=Maslin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 July 1979}}
• Black Emanuelle (1975)
• La dottoressa sotto il lenzuolo (1976){{cite book|title=Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g8nAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Rizzoli Editore}}
• Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
• Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1978)
• Black Venus (1983){{cite book|author1=Tom Lisanti|author2=Louis Paul|title=Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VJCaXXANA0C&pg=PA186|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1194-8|page=186}}
• The Nurse in the Military Madhouse (1979)
• The Panther Squad (1984)
• Christina (1984){{cite book|author=Michael Weldon|title=The Psychotronic Video Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=978-1-85286-770-6}}
• Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)

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