Engelchen macht weiter (3 Stars)

In the good old days people never paid much attention to continuity. The name of this film, "Engelchen macht weiter", means "Little angel carries on". That would suggest that it's a sequel to "Engelchen", "Little angel", made a year earlier. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's the same actress, Gila von Weitershausen, who plays the main role in both films, but this time she's a completely different character. In the first film she was Katja, a 19-year-old virgin from Bamberg. In this film she's Helena, a 24-year-old housewife and mother from Munich.

Helena is married to Gustl, 12 years older than her. They have a young son, aged about three, judging by his size. They live in an enormous apartment in Munich. I don't know how they can afford it on his salary as a salesman in a furniture store. Gustl is unhappy because they only have sex twice a day. He tries to pick up girls in cafes, but they all turn him down because he's too old. They call him a granddad. I suppose that 36 must be extremely old. Apart from that, Gustl is suffering from a mental illness: he sees all the women around him naked, whether he wants to or not. He visits a psychiatrist, who says that the only cure is to be surrounded by women who really are naked. He recommends that Gustl should take part in an orgy.

Gustl persuades Helena that an orgy would be good for their marriage. They put a contact advertisement in a local newspaper asking for couples to take part. And the fun begins.

Don't forget that this is an old film. It was made in 1969, shortly before the wave of German sex comedies began. Despite the sexual subject matter, it's a very tame film. The picture on the poster above has nothing to do with the film. It's a cute film, but boring. There isn't enough sex, and the comedy isn't funny. Curiously, the film has received a lot of good reviews. Other people must see something that I don't.