The sex of the angels

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
German title The sex of the angels
Original title Il sesso degli angeli
Country of production Italy
Germany
original language German
Italian
Publishing year 1968
length 89 minutes
Rod
Director Ugo Liberatore
script Ugo Liberatore
Franz Seitz
production Cecilia Bigazzi
Franz Seitz
music Giovanni Fusco
camera Leonida Barboni
cut Franco Fraticelli
occupation

The Sex of Angels is a German-Italian fictional film made in 1967 with Doris Kunstmann in one of her early film roles .

action

Nora, Nancy and Carla are three young women who are friends. They are united by their origins from a good, wealthy family, but also by the contempt of the so-called establishment - and yet they make full use of the advantages of this origin: They “hijack” themselves for a short escape from their pre-determined life, which is determined by conventions and expectations three girls bought Nora's father's yacht for a weekend. Only on the expanse of the sea do they feel free of all norms and constraints. On the open sea, each of them tries with all means to satisfy the curiosity about a new and own life. Nancy has brought drugs on board and persuades her friends to take a man as a toy boy in search of new experiences and debauchery. His name is Marco and, as the rooster in the basket on board, he quickly takes a liking to this ménage à trois , especially since the three beauties intend to spoil him according to every trick in the book.

After the first day of erotic preliminary skirmish, which is accompanied by plenty of alcohol consumption, it seems that real feelings develop between Marco and Carla. Towards evening the four want to dare to try out the LSD brought by Nancy . An unrestrained orgy follows in which the most secret longings and urges emerge. All inhibitions fall, the senses are blinded and conventions that were still in force are dissolved, cravings are lived out uninhibited. In this state of general insanity, a pistol shot suddenly falls. Marco is critically injured. As the drug frenzy gradually subsides, nobody knows what happened. Was it an accident, born out of carelessness, or even an attempted murder? Only an immediate operation could help Marco now, but the two dominant women are not ready when he begs them to head for the next port immediately. Nora and Nancy suppress what has happened because this catastrophe makes it clear to them how little they can break away from their hated conventions and ties to their previous, empty luxury life. Marco would only be a sign of how right all the others who had always condemned and demonized their loose lifestyle were right!

And so Nora and Nancy prefer to continue having fun on the yacht between the Dalmatian islands. Carla's pleading plea to do everything possible to save the life of her new love goes unheeded by her ice-cold, nihilistic friends. In his agony, Marco gradually realizes the terrible decision made by the girls, who would rather see him die than expose themselves to the threatening social complications. In fact, he dies slowly and painfully. After his death, the two angels of death, Nancy and Nora, sink the corpse on the high seas with a chill-making coldness and unscrupulousness, in order to then head for the home port in a cheerful and relaxed manner, leave the ship there and now live again unscathed on land and as part of the upscale society. Only Carla cannot part with the sea, from whose waves they still seem to stare at Marco's pleading eyes ...

Production notes

The Sex of Angels was filmed in the Adriatic Sea and had its world premiere on February 24, 1968 in Italy. In Germany the film was only shown on October 9, 1970. Nadia Vitali designed the costumes.

criticism

The lexicon of the international film found: "Pathetic staged colportage."

Individual proof

  1. ↑ The family of angels. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 14, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

Web links