The island of a thousand joys
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The island of a thousand joys |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hubert Frank |
| script | Jean Jacques Duval |
| production | Lisa Film ( Karl Spiehs ) |
| music | Gerhard Heinz |
| camera | Franz X. Lederle |
| cut |
Ingeborg Taschner , Inge Moritz |
| occupation | |
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The island of a thousand joys is a German erotic and exploitation film by Hubert Frank, made at the end of 1977 .
action
The setting is the tropical island of Mauritius. Michael had once had some success as a professional tennis player and made a lot of money. As success went downhill, he began to turn to gambling. Since then he has incurred considerable debts, which a rather unscrupulous fellow named Howard is now trying to collect from him. Michael's aunt, Lady Henriette, refuses to help him, even though she could afford it financially. Thereupon Michael's blonde lover Sylvia tries, with this film title as naturally as expected nymphomaniac, to persuade the married to the pretty and no less blonde Julie to murder aunty because of her millions. Michael doesn't really want to, and so the crook Howard and his torturer Ming turn up other sides: some pretty young women, such as the dark housemaid Lady Henriettes, are kidnapped, who are to be sold as naked slaves in the tropical paradise.
But now a young lady named Peggy steps in. She is a private detective by profession and, on behalf of Lady Henriette, is supposed to prevent the unstable Michael from committing too big stupid things. Soon all the young women involved also temporarily fall into the hands of the slave trader Howard, who is looking forward to new "fresh meat". But instead there is a lively sapling-change game. While Michael soon loses himself on the beach with Peggy, his lover and wife are naked together in the hot tropical sand of Mauritius. Only Ming can continue to swing the whip with relish. But at some point everything dissolves in favor: Howard disappears just as unexpectedly as the girls are released again - the housemaid is freed by her lover, Henriette's gardener. Even the two depraved, villainous hobby lesbians Sylvia and Julie do not have to fear punishment, but leave the island, bathing naked on a yacht, in intimate harmony. Peggy and the excused Michael can look forward to a future together.
Production notes
The 23-day filming of The Island of a Thousand Delights took place from November 22nd to December 17th, 1977 in Mauritius . The film was completed on February 16, 1978, and The Island of a Thousand Pleasures was premiered on March 3, 1978 in three German cinemas in Nuremberg, Passau and Ingolstadt.
Erich Tomek was in charge of production and Otto W. Retzer was in charge of recording . Alain Dupont took care of the equipment, Rolf Albrecht designed the costumes. The famous actor Art Brauss completed his role here under the pseudonym William Levine . The film was almost as successful as Vanessa , which was also directed by Hubert Frank.
criticism
“A private detective solves several criminal cases on an island in the Indian Ocean. An adventure film that turns into a comedy at the end with a lot of sex, some crime and sadism. The style of the film presented as the 'Emanuela' epigone is also modest. "
Web links
- The island of a thousand delights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The island of a thousand joys at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ German Institute for Film Studies (ed.): German Films 1978, compiled by Rüdiger Koschnitzki. P. 95
- ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 131
- ↑ The island of a thousand joys. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .