Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)

A narrated pseudo-documentary about sexuality in Sweden. It shows contraceptives for teen girls, lesbian nightclubs, wife swapping, porno movies, biker gangs, and Walpurgis Night ... See full summary »

Director:

Luigi Scattini

Writer:

Luigi Scattini

Stars:

Edmund Purdom, Enrico Maria Salerno, Jean Topart

Cast

Credited cast:
Edmund Purdom	...	Narrator (English version) (voice)
Enrico Maria Salerno	...	Narrator (voice)
Jean Topart	...	Narrator (French version) (voice)

Storyline

A narrated pseudo-documentary about sexuality in Sweden. It shows contraceptives for teen girls, lesbian nightclubs, wife swapping, porno movies, biker gangs, and Walpurgis Night celebrations. It also examines Sweden's purported drug, drinking and suicide problems. It features the original appearance of the Piero Umiliani's nonsense song "Mah Nà Mah Nà" which was later popularized by "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show".

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Plot Keywords:

real life situation | lesbian | female police officer | sweden | nightclub | 

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Taglines:

Sweden... where the facts of life are stranger than fiction!

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

X

Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening credits end with this warning: «Tutti le scene del film sono state girate dal vero e ispirate e riferite alla realtà. Ogni riferimento a fatti e a personne NON è casuele.» (All the scenes of this film were turned live. and inspired and referred to real life. All references to facts and people are NOT coincidences.)

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Connections

Referenced in The Muppet Show: Juliet Prowse (1977)

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Soundtracks

You tried to warn me no.2
(Theme high-church treatment)

User Reviews

Hypocritical pornography.

Sweden: Heaven and Hell follows the same pattern as other Mondo films, you know, pseudo-documentary (this movie has a lot of faked scenes), the film-makers go into an exotic place to film all the wild happenings there, and here it's particularly amusing seeing the Italian catholics judge the Swedes for having sex education class (The Horror!).

Fortunately, unlike other Mondo movies, there is no sickening animal violence here, but there really isn't much of anything else besides hypocritical pornography for repressed Italin Catholic males.

Don't necessarily avoid it, because it can be fun, but I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it either. If you want a better Mondo film, watch either the first Mondo Cane or even better, Africa Addio.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Swedish Italian

Release Date:

4 September 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Sweden: Heaven and Hell

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caravel Film, Embassy Pictures, Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1