Und sie geniessen die Liebe (1975)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:33 pm
Just watched the Mike Hunter DVD version titled "Harry", which runs about 92 minutes. Picture quality varies, but is generally pretty good. A few scenes are a wee bit fuzzy. The sound is generally good, but -- on my copy, at least -- there are a few spots where the audio slows down for a moment, like when a film projector "hiccups", but this only lasts for a second or so.
Here are some screencaps. I've written a synopsis of the film below, for the benefit of those who don't speak German.
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Heidi Kappler as Katharina (with XNK2151 in last pic)
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Christine Szenetra as Claudette (with Rainer Peetz in last pic)
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XNK4559 as Nicole
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XNK4560 as Ellie
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Gilda Gregory as Carola and XNK2151 as Christine
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1. Margarethe Kuska (with G?nther Notthoff), 2. XNK4940 as Waldenberg's secretary, 3. waitress at tennis club
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1. G?nther Notthoff as Vladimir, 2. Max Giese as Georg Waldenberg, 3. butler at Waldenbergs, 4. masseur at tennis club
Synopsis
One of the earliest German hardcore classics. This version has both hard and soft scenes, as was typical of the era. Christine and Heidi's scenes include hardcore footage that is clearly not inserts (also true for the unknown redhead XNK2151), but the other actresses either did simulated sex or possibly used body doubles.
The film is also typical of the era -- i.e. the transition from softcore to hard in the mid 70s -- because it is plot-driven, with real characters, an engaging story, and plenty of action and humor. There is the usual seduction, adultery, cuckolding, and other forms of sexual manipulation, but also blackmail, double-crossing, fist fights, car chases, lock-picking, high stakes poker, and other crime film cliches along with the sex.
Rainer Peetz plays the lead role of Harry, a seducer and swindler who we first see at his release from jail, picked up in style by his chauffeur, bodyguard and cohort, Vladimir. Harry's first stop is at a pub where one of his girlfriends, Ellie, is the hostess. He catches her alone, cleaning up -- and he seduces her and screws her right there on the table in a back room. But her husband Eddie hears them and comes running downstairs, tears Harry away from his wife, and a fist fight ensues. Harry gets the better of Eddie and manages to walk out with his pride intact. Ellie calls him an idiot, but we know that deep inside she'd rather be screwing him than her abusive husband (who turns out to be a real schmuck.)
Christine Szenetra plays Claudette, the seemingly dumb blonde who turns out to be not so dumb in the end. She is the mistress of a wealthy businessman, Herr Waldenburg, who rings her bell when she's fucking Harry -- so she pushes Harry, half-dressed, out on the patio and tells him to hide. Harry spies on them, and decides to blackmail Herr Waldenberg, accepting payment to keep quiet about his adultery and offering to seduce Waldenberg's wife so he will have something on her, too.
Gilda Gregory plays Carola, Harry's old flame who tails him after his release from jail, tries to entice him back (unsuccessfully at first) and later rescues him from an all night card game with Eddie and his cohorts, and takes Harry home. She tests his sexual stamina to the max over the course of many hours and many (softcore) sex scenes. He finally leaves, claiming business, but his real motive is to catch Katharina Waldenberg at her tennis club. There he chats up a waitress and learns that Katharina has an appointment for a massage. Harry manages to lock the masseur in a closet and takes his place.
Katharina doesn't see that it's Harry giving her a massage, since she is lying face down. Once his hands stray to her crotch, she moans with pleasure and reaches for his cock. But when her hand finds his hairy legs, she suddenly realizes that he is not her regular masseur, and she turns to look at him, surprised and a bit hostile. She slaps his face and somehow he manages to retreat gracefully, leaving her miffed but intrigued. Her husband has invited Harry to a party the same evening, and here Harry manages to overcome the rough start and softens Katharina's resistance, until she gives him the keys to her apartment in the city (watch closely while he's pouring the drinks at the party, and you can see her slip the keys into his pocket.) She makes a date to rendezvous with him there the next day.
Harry literally sweeps her off her feet when she arrives at the apartment, and their love scene is one of the hottest in the film. This may be Heidi Kappler's only true hardcore scene with a guy -- she also had a hot scene with Harry Reems in Butterflies but it was filmed softcore, even if the sex was real. The hard version of the film uses inserts that are not the bodies of the original performers. In Heidi's scene here, in Jet Sex, the editing makes it clear that the hardcore closeups are original and not inserted. The camera pans from Heidi's face to her pussy and we can see a hard cock inside her.
I won't spoil the entire plot, but for those who don't speak German, I'll give you a few clues. Early in the film, Harry tells Vladimir that he's going to marry a millionairess (so he won't have to keep swindling people and risking more jail time, presumably.) Later in the film, he seduces Nicole, the Waldenberg's teenage daughter, and she falls in love with him. Harry tells the father that he'll either marry his daughter (for her fortune) or accept a check for 20,000 dollars (50,000 deutschmarks) to not marry her. The rest you can probably figure out on your own...
Those of you who've seen director Johnny Wyder's other early hardcore classic from this period, Ein guter Hahn wird selten fett (aka Fuck Around the Clock), you may recognize some of the sets, which appear in both films. Alexander's living room and Claudette's apartment building are among them. Rainer, G?nther, Margarethe Kuske and Max Giese also appeared in both films.
Trivia: when Nicole goes to the movies, we can see the title on the marquee, Erotische Geschichten aus 1001 Nacht, a 1974 softcore film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotische_ ... 1001_Nacht
The same year at Cannes, 1974, Lasse Braun pulled off a clandestine showing -- to a packed house -- of his first hardcore feature film Penetration (later known as French Blue), a year before hardcore became legal in France and Germany.
Here are some screencaps. I've written a synopsis of the film below, for the benefit of those who don't speak German.
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Heidi Kappler as Katharina (with XNK2151 in last pic)
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Christine Szenetra as Claudette (with Rainer Peetz in last pic)
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XNK4559 as Nicole
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XNK4560 as Ellie
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Gilda Gregory as Carola and XNK2151 as Christine
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1. Margarethe Kuska (with G?nther Notthoff), 2. XNK4940 as Waldenberg's secretary, 3. waitress at tennis club
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1. G?nther Notthoff as Vladimir, 2. Max Giese as Georg Waldenberg, 3. butler at Waldenbergs, 4. masseur at tennis club
Synopsis
One of the earliest German hardcore classics. This version has both hard and soft scenes, as was typical of the era. Christine and Heidi's scenes include hardcore footage that is clearly not inserts (also true for the unknown redhead XNK2151), but the other actresses either did simulated sex or possibly used body doubles.
The film is also typical of the era -- i.e. the transition from softcore to hard in the mid 70s -- because it is plot-driven, with real characters, an engaging story, and plenty of action and humor. There is the usual seduction, adultery, cuckolding, and other forms of sexual manipulation, but also blackmail, double-crossing, fist fights, car chases, lock-picking, high stakes poker, and other crime film cliches along with the sex.
Rainer Peetz plays the lead role of Harry, a seducer and swindler who we first see at his release from jail, picked up in style by his chauffeur, bodyguard and cohort, Vladimir. Harry's first stop is at a pub where one of his girlfriends, Ellie, is the hostess. He catches her alone, cleaning up -- and he seduces her and screws her right there on the table in a back room. But her husband Eddie hears them and comes running downstairs, tears Harry away from his wife, and a fist fight ensues. Harry gets the better of Eddie and manages to walk out with his pride intact. Ellie calls him an idiot, but we know that deep inside she'd rather be screwing him than her abusive husband (who turns out to be a real schmuck.)
Christine Szenetra plays Claudette, the seemingly dumb blonde who turns out to be not so dumb in the end. She is the mistress of a wealthy businessman, Herr Waldenburg, who rings her bell when she's fucking Harry -- so she pushes Harry, half-dressed, out on the patio and tells him to hide. Harry spies on them, and decides to blackmail Herr Waldenberg, accepting payment to keep quiet about his adultery and offering to seduce Waldenberg's wife so he will have something on her, too.
Gilda Gregory plays Carola, Harry's old flame who tails him after his release from jail, tries to entice him back (unsuccessfully at first) and later rescues him from an all night card game with Eddie and his cohorts, and takes Harry home. She tests his sexual stamina to the max over the course of many hours and many (softcore) sex scenes. He finally leaves, claiming business, but his real motive is to catch Katharina Waldenberg at her tennis club. There he chats up a waitress and learns that Katharina has an appointment for a massage. Harry manages to lock the masseur in a closet and takes his place.
Katharina doesn't see that it's Harry giving her a massage, since she is lying face down. Once his hands stray to her crotch, she moans with pleasure and reaches for his cock. But when her hand finds his hairy legs, she suddenly realizes that he is not her regular masseur, and she turns to look at him, surprised and a bit hostile. She slaps his face and somehow he manages to retreat gracefully, leaving her miffed but intrigued. Her husband has invited Harry to a party the same evening, and here Harry manages to overcome the rough start and softens Katharina's resistance, until she gives him the keys to her apartment in the city (watch closely while he's pouring the drinks at the party, and you can see her slip the keys into his pocket.) She makes a date to rendezvous with him there the next day.
Harry literally sweeps her off her feet when she arrives at the apartment, and their love scene is one of the hottest in the film. This may be Heidi Kappler's only true hardcore scene with a guy -- she also had a hot scene with Harry Reems in Butterflies but it was filmed softcore, even if the sex was real. The hard version of the film uses inserts that are not the bodies of the original performers. In Heidi's scene here, in Jet Sex, the editing makes it clear that the hardcore closeups are original and not inserted. The camera pans from Heidi's face to her pussy and we can see a hard cock inside her.
I won't spoil the entire plot, but for those who don't speak German, I'll give you a few clues. Early in the film, Harry tells Vladimir that he's going to marry a millionairess (so he won't have to keep swindling people and risking more jail time, presumably.) Later in the film, he seduces Nicole, the Waldenberg's teenage daughter, and she falls in love with him. Harry tells the father that he'll either marry his daughter (for her fortune) or accept a check for 20,000 dollars (50,000 deutschmarks) to not marry her. The rest you can probably figure out on your own...
Those of you who've seen director Johnny Wyder's other early hardcore classic from this period, Ein guter Hahn wird selten fett (aka Fuck Around the Clock), you may recognize some of the sets, which appear in both films. Alexander's living room and Claudette's apartment building are among them. Rainer, G?nther, Margarethe Kuske and Max Giese also appeared in both films.
Trivia: when Nicole goes to the movies, we can see the title on the marquee, Erotische Geschichten aus 1001 Nacht, a 1974 softcore film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotische_ ... 1001_Nacht
The same year at Cannes, 1974, Lasse Braun pulled off a clandestine showing -- to a packed house -- of his first hardcore feature film Penetration (later known as French Blue), a year before hardcore became legal in France and Germany.