A Colonel (Sieghardt Rupp) and an Earl (Ernst Stankovski) both claim ownership of the same castle. As long as the court hasn't decided which one of them is the rightful heir, they have divided the entire place up by running a red line through the middle. You know, sitcom style. Philip, their only servant, has to run to and fro trying to please both of them simultaneously.
The two men decide to bet each other who will be the first to bed their favorite local virgin maid, Brunette Monique (Barbara Capell) or blonde Babbette (Angelica Ott). The winner will get ownership of the castle. In order to attain his goal, the officer ignores his lusty fiancée Blanche (Edwige Fenech) but she soon turns her attention to the Earl's nephew, lieutenant René (Ivan Nesbitt). Eventually a whole stable of local prostitutes from 'The White Elephant' also somehow get in on the act.
This is your typical German-Italian period sex farce where people shed their period costumes in every scene. All the usual elements are here: Hoompah-Pah music, busty maidens throwing themselves at every man, bad dubbing and worse puns. Although the costumes and settings look quite authentic (when people are wearing clothes that is) the hand-held camera work in all outside scenes is bit sloppy and distracting.
Nowhere does it become actually funny, despite the actors (and the translators for the dubbed versions) doing there best. The main fault in the screenplay is that it doesn't focus on any one character for very long. At first it seems to be about the Earl and the Colonel and their competition, but there are subplots involving a judge who spends most of his time at the White Elephant, the scheming aunt of the two virgin girls, and of course the house guests Blanche and René. None of these characters are fleshed out at any point, despite the large amount of flesh shown on screen.
Monique and Babette are especially bland, making one wonder why all the men are lusting after them in the first place. Especially since one of them (the Colonel) has the alluring Edwige Fenech at his beckon call. Edwige was probably but 20 years old during the making of this picture, and although she faces a lot of competition here, the producers wisely gave her third billing (above all the other girls) and had her play an aristocrat as befitting her extraordinary beauty. But still, it's a change to see her playing the part of the 'rich bitch' while we're supposed to be rooting for the other two maidens.
The prostitutes from the White Elephant (Minoush, Lulu, Zuzu, Krikri, Froufrou & Dudu) don't really get into the act until the last twenty minutes or so, when a subplot involving the madam and the Judge's assistant threatens to take over as the main storyline. But at least the writers did remember to clear up the little matter of who rightfully owns the castle at the very end. Most of the same cast and crew also worked on "Komm, Liebe Maid Und Mache", which was released earlier the same year, making one wonder how much overlap there was between the two productions.
6 out of 10
The two men decide to bet each other who will be the first to bed their favorite local virgin maid, Brunette Monique (Barbara Capell) or blonde Babbette (Angelica Ott). The winner will get ownership of the castle. In order to attain his goal, the officer ignores his lusty fiancée Blanche (Edwige Fenech) but she soon turns her attention to the Earl's nephew, lieutenant René (Ivan Nesbitt). Eventually a whole stable of local prostitutes from 'The White Elephant' also somehow get in on the act.
This is your typical German-Italian period sex farce where people shed their period costumes in every scene. All the usual elements are here: Hoompah-Pah music, busty maidens throwing themselves at every man, bad dubbing and worse puns. Although the costumes and settings look quite authentic (when people are wearing clothes that is) the hand-held camera work in all outside scenes is bit sloppy and distracting.
Nowhere does it become actually funny, despite the actors (and the translators for the dubbed versions) doing there best. The main fault in the screenplay is that it doesn't focus on any one character for very long. At first it seems to be about the Earl and the Colonel and their competition, but there are subplots involving a judge who spends most of his time at the White Elephant, the scheming aunt of the two virgin girls, and of course the house guests Blanche and René. None of these characters are fleshed out at any point, despite the large amount of flesh shown on screen.
Monique and Babette are especially bland, making one wonder why all the men are lusting after them in the first place. Especially since one of them (the Colonel) has the alluring Edwige Fenech at his beckon call. Edwige was probably but 20 years old during the making of this picture, and although she faces a lot of competition here, the producers wisely gave her third billing (above all the other girls) and had her play an aristocrat as befitting her extraordinary beauty. But still, it's a change to see her playing the part of the 'rich bitch' while we're supposed to be rooting for the other two maidens.
The prostitutes from the White Elephant (Minoush, Lulu, Zuzu, Krikri, Froufrou & Dudu) don't really get into the act until the last twenty minutes or so, when a subplot involving the madam and the Judge's assistant threatens to take over as the main storyline. But at least the writers did remember to clear up the little matter of who rightfully owns the castle at the very end. Most of the same cast and crew also worked on "Komm, Liebe Maid Und Mache", which was released earlier the same year, making one wonder how much overlap there was between the two productions.
6 out of 10