Nadia Henkowa emerged in the early 1970s as an actress whose work resonates within the realms of cult and exploitation cinema. In The Devil's Plaything (1973), she captivates as a key player in a narrative steeped in eroticism and horror, while her role in Bibi (1974) further solidifies her presence in the genre. Henkowa's performances reflect the bold and often provocative themes of the era, making her a notable figure in the landscape of grindhouse films.
The Devil's Plaything
In a central European castle, two young girls are summoned to learn about a will making them heirs to the property, on condition that they stay there for a full year. They are received by the hostess, an austere-looking woman named Wanda, who organizes satanic lesbian rites at night that celebrate, in sex and sapphism, the vampire Varga. Coincidentally, on the same day an anthropologist studying local superstitions and her brother were victims of a road accident and asked for accommodation at the castle. Wanda turns out to be the descendant of a vampire baroness, Varga, burned alive centuries ago by the villagers for vampirism. Through the lesbian priestess Wanda, Varga seeks revenge by eliminating the families of her torturers. Descendants of a lesbian vampire who was burned at the stake, arrive at the castle they have inherited and a mysterious caretaker tries, unsuccessfully, to reincarnate the vampire through her descendant.
