When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong

When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong

1971 · 100 min · ★ 3.5 · Comedy

In this prehistoric adaptation of Aristophanes' 'Lysistrata' and 'Women at the Thesmophoria,' a frustrated wife convinces the women of warring tribes to abstain from sex with their male partners in an attempt to end the fighting.

Directed by Bruno Corbucci · Written by Massimo Felisatti

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