Ur kärlekens språk (1969)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Torgny Wickman

Writers:

Inge Hegeler (writer)
Sten Hegeler (writer)

Release Date:

5 September 1969 (West Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama

Tagline:

Den avancerade svenska sexualfilmen

Plot:

A modern advanced film about sexual education an behaviour based on the clinical research made by famous American and Swedish doctors...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Sex In Society | Taboo | White Coater | Educational

Cast

Inge Hegeler
Sten Hegeler
Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan
Sture Cullhed
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Anderzon
Julie Bernby
Ewert Granholm
Göthe Grefbo
Margaretha Henriksson
Berit Hindersson
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs	...	Harmonious Wife
Gösta Krantz
Lennart Lindberg
Conny Lind
Lasse Lundberg
Siw Mattson
Sangrid Nerf
Börje Nyberg
Gösta Prüzelius
Louise Tillberg	...	Woman

Also Known As:

Language of Love (USA)
The Swedish Marriage Manual
kärlekens språk (Sweden) (alternative title)

Runtime:

98 min | West Germany:71 min (cut)

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (re-rating) (1973) | West Germany:18 | UK:R (banned) (1970) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Norway:(Banned) (1969) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:X (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Swedish Film Production (SFP)

Trivia:

This is the film that Travis Bickle takes Betsy to see in Taxi Driver (1976).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

Saraband

the UK censors finally allow me to see infamous little sex education movie

So, after all these years, the UK censors finally allow me to see infamous little sex education movie. Acquiring this within the Christine Lindberg box set ( and no she is not in it!) I'd thought I might pop it in the player and get a flavour or fast forward through the anticipated 50 minutes or so running time. But no, this runs almost 100 minutes and isn't at all bad. Hardly dated either, except the sex educators are all about 50 whereas they somehow would all be more like 20 if this were made today. Sound information and advice, saucy clips and if most of the performers do look a bit frightful, they still do well enough and the ghastly look of some may be due to deterioration of the film stock. Just towards the end the interviews and examination for various contraceptive devices seemed to go on a bit but otherwise, I found this well put together and surprisingly enjoyable. Fetishes were mentioned but not shown and there was no mention of homosexuality.