"Tell me the truth: did you pee on the floor and wipe it up with my towel?"
If you buy the German DVD box set you'll find seven films in the "Greetings from the Lederhose" collection. However, there were only five films. This last two films have nothing to do with any of the previous films. The sixth film at least had a rural mountain setting to make it look similar to the first five films, but the seventh film takes place in Bavaria's capital city, Munich. The only Lederhosen that we see are are musicians performing at a wedding. This wedding scene has nothing to do with the rest of the film, so it looks like it was slotted in so that the director could say, "Look! There are the Lederhosen you paid to see!"
Even the comedy is of a different tenor to all of the preceding six films. The Lederhosen films were all sex farces, with horny women grabbing any men in sight. This film is about the love problems of one married couple, Fridolin and Verena (renamed Dorina in the English dubbing). This isn't a Lederhosen film. Not even close.
Having said that, Fridolin is played by the Israeli superstar Zachi Noy. Any film that he appears in is worth checking out. I consider him to be magnificent, even if he can be accused of always playing himself. It's true, he always plays the same man with an innocent charm that attracts women even though he's small and fat. He's always a perfect gentleman who puts women on a pedestal. I had to smile when I saw him bringing his wife breakfast in bed. That's what he does.
The plot is simple. Fridolin has been married to Verena, a glamorous pop star, for three years. She's been having an affair with Freddy, a music producer in Munich. She doesn't want to keep it secret any more, so she suggests to Fridolin that they have an open marriage. She assumes that only she would profit from it, because no other woman would want her husband. Fridolin doesn't know what to do, so he turns to his best friend, Freddy, for advice. Yes, that's the same Freddy who's sleeping with his wife! Freddy finds Verena too clingy, because she's only one of his many lovers, so he gives Fridolin advice how to get her back. Fridolin should hire a prostitute to move in with him for a few days, pretending to be his lover, which will make Verena jealous.
The trouble is that the prostitute falls in love with Fridolin. Every woman wants a man who brings her breakfast in bed.
The film's only positive features are Zachi Noy's acting and the abundance of bare breasts. The plot isn't bad in itself, but it's poorly filmed. The last 15 minutes, the holiday in Africa, has no relevance to the rest of the film. It's obvious that it was tagged on because the director realised that the film was too short and needed padding. The same is true of various irrelevant scenes during the film. There's a funeral scene where we aren't even told who died. The director Gunter made many good erotic comedies from 1972 to 1984, but after returning from a six-year retirement he seems to have lost his skill.
Though best known in Germany for his films, he's recently become notorious for his bad habits. Last year he took part in Germany's "Celebrity Big Brother". He must have forgotten the cameras were watching him. He couldn't get to the toilet fast enough, so he peed in the shower. As if this weren't bad enough, some of it missed the shower and went on the floor. Zachi used the towel of his housemate Sarah Knappik to clean the floor, all on live television. You can still find the video online.
Poor Zachi couldn't wait.
This shows you how bad Zachi's aim was. Click on the photo to see an uncensored version if you want to know why all the women love Zachi.
Hey, wait! The show has a shower cam? Maybe I should be watching it!
Sarah challenges Zachi the next day. Shouldn't she pick on someone her own size?
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