WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Fanny Hill (1968)

Russ Meyer made Fanny Hill in 1964, the Oliver Reed version I watched numerous times on Cinemax was in 1983, and Tinto Brass made Paprika in 1991. But this is the Swedish version, and the American print ads didn’t just say “from the makers of”; they said “from the country that gave you I, A Woman, IngaI Am Curious (Yellow).” Yes, the whole country made this.

Actually, Mac Ahlberg directed and wrote it. He made all of the I, A Woman movies as well as working as the cinematographer on Hell Night, The SeductionParasiteChained HeatThe Graduates of Malibu HighDollsHouseGood Burger and Re-Animator

Diana Kjær is Fanny. Maybe you know her from Dagmar’s Hot Pants, Inc. Anyway, she’s a girl from the country who has become a sex worker. A rich older man, Jan Wilhelmsson, falls for her, and when he dies, she’s in the will. This allows her to support a past lover, Roger (Hans Ernback).

In the November 19, 1969 issue of Variety, this film was listed as the top movie in the U.S. 

There would be a sequel, Around the World with Fanny Hill, starring Shirley Corrigan. She was also in Devil’s Nightmare, Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf and Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?

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