Lana

Lana is a Brunanter exploitation film written, produced and directed by Herbert S. Hosen (under the aliases of Marion McFein and Edward Davis), and released by Liberal Arts in 1964. It stars Andrea Graves as the titular character, a lively and lustful but sexually frustrated young woman.

Background
Lana is a low-budget sex-exploitation film with a dramatic storyline. It was written by Hosen in three days. Lana is one of Hosen's few rural gothic films and is perhaps his most romantic, despite the tragic ending.

Hosen pitched the movie as "a brutal examination of the important realities of power, prophecy, freedom and justice in our society against a background of violence and lust, where simplicity is only a facade." Reviewers described Graves as "a wanton of unparalleled emotion", "unrestrained" and "destined to set a new standard of sensuality".

Lana was one of Hosen's first films in 35 mm. It was shot in black and white over a periode of only ten days in 1963, mainly on Drenthestreet in the neighborhood of Charleston Beach, Koningstad.

Premise
Lana (Andrea Graves) is a sexually unsatisfied young wife married for a year to a salt mine worker named Russ (James Meyer), who spends his evenings studying to become a certified public accountant.

When Lana goes for a nude swim in the sea, she is sexually assaulted by an escaped convict (Russell Burns), awakening her frustrated sexuality. She begins inviting the stranger to her home while Russ is at work.

Meanwhile, Russ's co-workers are giving him a hard time about his wife's beauty and supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when, one day, Russ get home early from work because it's their anniversary and discovers Lana's unfaithfulness.

Casting
Lana was the first of two films Hosen made featuring Lovian actress Andrea Graves, who became a big star during the 1960s.

During the shoot Graves was three months pregnant, which augmented her already large breasts. It was her second child with doctor Philip Graves who almost never left her side, concerned with his wife's health and public image, afraid the notorious Hosen might ruin her 'budding career', or worse. As both a sign of a goodwill and a shot at easing the husband, the director gave him a substantial acting role, as the doctor.

Hosen himself played the uncredited part of the preacher.

Marketing
The publicity to Lana exclaimed: "Without artistic surrender, without compromise, without question or apology, an important motion picture was produced: Lana, a woman too much for one man."