Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol (3½ Stars)

This is an Austrian erotic comedy made in 1969. It's directed by Franz Antel, director of the films about the innkeeper of the Lahn, and it also stars the innkeeper of the Lahn herself, the Hungarian actress Terry Torday, in the lead role.

Everyone knows what a Dirndl is, even in England. It's a traditional costume worn by women in Bavaria and Austria. There are variations, depending on the region, but in general it's "a close-fitting bodice featuring a low neckline, a blouse worn under the bodice, a wide high-waisted skirt and an apron" (according to Wikipedia). In German the word can also be used to refer to women wearing a Dirndl. The closest translation of the film's title is "The love-crazed women from Tyrol". It's also been released as "Nackedi Nackedu Nackedei", which I shan't even attempt to translate, apart from saying it refers to naked people.

The film begins in Germany. Inge Thal (Terry Torday) is a young tax consultant who moves to Munich from faraway Baden. She moves into a large apartment building, and four of her neighbours are prostitutes. She becomes friends with them, and she even helps them fill out their tax returns. Prostitution is a legally recognised occupation in Germany, so it has to be taxed.

Inge is notified that she's inherited a farm in Tyrol, western Austria. She travels there to examine it with her four friends. Both the farmhouse and its land are in bad condition, because it's been left unused for five years. Inge is offered 10,000 Marks for the property, but she says she needs time to think it over.

Let me stop there. 10,000 Marks? Austria's currency was Schillings in 1969, so why was she offered payment in Marks, Germany's currency? It doesn't make sense to me, but since the director was an Austrian, he must have known what he was doing.

I need to backtrack. One of the local farmers had claimed the farm for himself, believing there was no heir. He had to wait five years, the legal period to check if there was an heir. Shortly before the waiting period expired he jumped the gun and offered the farm to an American investor for 200,000 Marks. Now he wants to buy the farm for 10,000 Marks and make a profit.

They know nothing about the American, but Inge's four friends tell her she's being ripped off, and they promise to renovate the farm. They remain in Tyrol when she returns to Munich. They offer the local men sexual favours in return for them working on the farm. 

These are just a few of the men who are soon working the fields. The girls must have been busy!

I admit that I'd be tempted as well, but I'd be useless to them. I'm not a farmer.

The women in the village are jealous of their husbands all working for free on Inge's farm. A visiting lingerie salesman gives them advice on how to seduce their husbands. Agnes Fux tries to seduce her husband Vitus (Franz Muxeneder), but he doesn't even notice her sexy clothing. Is he mad? 

So Agnes throws herself at a visiting businessman, played by Jacques Herlin. He knows a good thing when he sees one.

The other women begin to work the fields in their underwear. Come on, men! You have beautiful wives! Why do you bother with those girls from Munich?

But all's well that ends well. The American investor arrives and falls in love with Inge. He doesn't just buy the farm from her, he also proposes marriage.

This is an enjoyable comedy with a lot more nudity than Terry Torday's Innkeeper of the Lahn films. In fact, I'm surprised at the amount of nudity. It's more than I'd expect from a film made in the 1960's.