Housewife Report 4 (4 Stars)

My readers who have been following my Housewife Report posts will immediately recognise two of the actors in the picture above. On the left is Rosl Mayr, and on the right is Gernot Möhner, who appears in all the Housewife Report films as the investigative reporter Bernd Mittler. I can't name the man in the middle, because there are no credits, and I don't recognise him from other films.

Whereas the previous film offered socially dubious messages about divorces in Germany, this film plays it safe and has no messages at all. Instead of beginning in an office, like most report films, it takes place in a railway carriage. Bernd Mittler catches a train in Hamburg and is heading southwards, probably back home to Munich. The businessman sitting next to him says he knows him; he's seen him in stupid sex films. Bernd objects, replying that they're serious scientific studies. The other two men in the carriage join in the conversation. There's a lawyer sitting opposite who says, "The scientific value of your films is very questionable". In the corner there's a Catholic priest, who adds "I've seen the films, and they should be taken seriously. They show what comes from living in a prudish society". I like the priest. He's a very open person who talks good sense.

Bernd attempts to defend his reputation as a serious reporter by telling them the results of his recent interviews in cities all around Germany. We don't see Bernd himself in the vignettes, we just see what he's been told.

1. The first story takes place in Berlin. Gerda and Fritz have been married for five years. Gerda loves her husband and wants to have more sex with him, but he's bored and would rather watch television than have sex. What an idiot!

She orders a company to take away her old, heavy furniture, and a muscular man called Paul comes to carry everything away. Gerda is excited and seduces him. That's not enough. The next day she arranges to meet him at home.

While they're making love, Paul's girlfriend comes home. She isn't jealous. She thanks Gerda for warming up her boyfriend and says that she'll take over. Gerda is miserable and rushes home in tears. When her husband sees her he doesn't know what's wrong, but he feels sorry for her, so they go to bed and make love.

So what's the message of this story? You tell me.

After this story, Rosl Mayr joins the men in the carriage. She says she's a virgin, but there's no hint of innocence in her. She talks openly about sex and women's right to do it as often as they like. She's seen the previous Housewife Report films and joins in the conversation. The lawyer says that in marriages there are two sides to every story, to which she replies, "There aren't two sides. Women are always right".

Now you know why I love Rosl Mayr so much. She was phenomenal in every role she played.

2. The second story takes places in Hamburg. Herbert is a wealthy businessman who lives with his wife Elke, played by the famous German actress Elisabeth Volkmann. She began her career in erotic films, but when she became a serious actress she distanced herself from them. Elke is sexually adventurous, but Herbert just wants to do the missionary position. We see her pulling him from one impractical position to another.

The next day, Herbert interviews an applicant for a position as housekeeper. The woman, played by the deliciously curvy Dorothea Rau, rips her clothes off and tries to seduce him. Elke walks in and tells Herbert she'll handle the other interviews.

The next applicant gets drunk during the interview, so Elke turns her down. The third applicant is a beautiful lesbian who seduces Elke. Hired! Elke says that she's too good to do housework, so she gives Herbert an apron and makes him do the housework while the women enjoy their sex life.

The message? Men should be the slaves in lesbian households.

Another woman comes into the carriage. Now all six seats are occupied. She's a medical student called Marianne. She defends women's right to have as much sex as they want with whoever they want.

3. The third story takes place in Mainz. Doctor Fridobert Walzel is a Professor at the University of Mainz, teaching Entomology. I had to look that up as well; it's the study of insects. His young wife Dorothee is unhappy, because he's more interested in the mating habits of insects than mating with her. One Saturday morning he leaves home early, because he wants to watch the mating act of two insects that only takes place once a year. The insect's name is corpus facilitis, if I understood it correctly. During mating the female shouts "Bee" while the male shouts "Tak Tak". Fascinating.

Two research students should be accompanying Doctor Walzel to the woods, but only one arrives. After they leave the second student arrives, a handsome young man, and he asks Dorothee to drive him to the woods. They go to the woods, but they get distracted. They have wild sex, in which she yells "Bee" and he yells "Tak Tak". It's so funny that I had to laugh out loud. Meanwhile, the female research student accompanying Doctor Walzel takes off her clothes and seduces the professor. While they're making love, he hears the Bee-Tak-Tak-ing and thinks the insects are close. They're on the floor doing it doggy style, so he pushes her towards the noises... and the two couples discover one another in the act.

The message? When you're making love in the woods, don't do Bee-Tak-Tak.

4. The fourth story takes place in the small town of Neustadt in Hessen. Karin and Heinz are a happily married couple, apart from the fact that Heinz is a truck driver who is often on the road for days. While Heinz is gone one day, Karin meets a hot young Spaniard called Juan, played by Rinaldo Talamonti. He does his best to put on a Spanish accent, but he can't disguise the fact that he's really Italian. Karin takes him back home for sex, and they have a long session of foreplay in which Juan pretends to be a bull while Karin is the matador. I should try it some time, it looks like fun.

Meanwhile, Heinz has stopped to help a woman with car troubles. It was a trap. The woman, Hildegard, was only pretending to have car troubles so that she could lure a man for sex. The story ends with a strange scene. Heinz is in bed being ridden by Hildegard, and he feels the need to check up on his wife. He calls her, and she answers despite being in the middle of sex with Juan. They talk on the phone, both acting normally, but both are worried because their partner sounds out of breath.

The message? I have absolutely no idea!

5. The fifth and final story takes place in Stuttgart. I know Stuttgart well, so I tried to figure out where it was. Eventually I saw a street sign and realised that it wasn't filmed in Stuttgart, it was Grünwald, a small town just south of Munich. Sieglinde is married to an older man called Lambert. He works two jobs so they'll be able to buy their own house, which is the dream of every Stuttgarter. In the evening Sieglinde wants to go to the fitness studio, but Ottokar, a young man from Dresden (DDR) arrives selling magazines. She doesn't want to buy anything, but she's willing to have sex. After this he leaves.

Meanwhile, Lambert is at his second job. He's seduced by his secretary, Gudrun, who's played by Ulrike Butz. She was the most beautiful German actress in the 1970's. Nobody else came close. After sex they both go home. When Lambert arrives home he's surprised to find Sieglinde at home, and she's surprised that he's come home so early. But the fickle fingers of fate are at work. Ottokar sees Gudrun in the street and chats her up. They tell each other they were just with someone, and when they say where they live they realise it was the same couple. Ottokar and Gudrun walk together to Lambert and Sieglinde's apartment. They wish the surprised couple all the best for their married life and leave together. Lambert tells his wife he'll quit his second job, because a happy marriage is more important than buying a house.

And that's the message of the fifth vignette, I guess.

It was my intention to only use the lobby cards for illustration, since I've found a full set online, but I think the following screenshots will be a welcome addition.

For all her fans, this is the amazing Rosl Mayr.

Herbert can't handle Dorothea Rau. Could you?

This is Herbert's fate as the emasculated cuckold of lebian lovers.

And here's another photo of Rosl Mayr. I know you want it!

Rinaldo Talamonti is a small man, but all the girls love him.

"Karin! You want me to do what?"

"Are you sure you don't want me to stand on a chair?"

"I need to hide! That was the doorbell!"

Can Karin tame the Spanish bull?

He's more of a bullock than a bull.

She got him!

But he likes it!

Ulrike Butz only appears for five minutes at the end of the film, but she's worth waiting for.

She's beautiful all over, face and body.

Lambert worships her as a Goddess.

Rosl Mayr approves. All women should be treated as Goddesses.

It's difficult for me to rate this film. It's not quite as good as the previous film in the series, but any film with Ulrike Butz and Rosl Mayr deserves four stars.