Writer/director Joseph Sarno gives us a shocking, erotic, hot, sexy film- if you first saw it in 1968. Greta (Monica Strommerstedt) has problems. She is an ancient thirty-three year old and still trying to party like she was a teen. She has a mopey boyfriend named Karl (Casten Lassen), who is twenty-one and fancies himself a writer. Greta supports him, and he is draining her for all she is worth. Enter Einar (Thomas Ungewitter), who is looking for female companionship ever since his wife went to the sanitarium. He sure likes himself the Greta, and they bed down. Karl has extra-curricular activities of his own, bedding a hot blonde. Then comes Inga (Marie Liljedahl), Greta's niece. Greta and annoying maid Frida (Else-Marie Brandt) conspire to get Einar to fall for Inga, providing Greta with cash so she can still keep Karl. Unfortunately, Karl and Inga grow closer, too. Who will end up claiming Inga? Karl? Einar? Or Gunnar, the guy who deflowers women after mock court proceedings at crazed drunken parties?
This was groundbreaking stuff back in the day, but it would barely garner an "R" rating today. For one thing, the film is black and white, which makes it look and play older than it is. Sarno obviously decided to make Inga the main character during filming, she does not really become part of the central plot until almost half way through. His direction is okay, his script has shadowings of "Dangerous Liaisons," and is sometimes quite clever. Aunt Greta looks a lot like Tina Fey, which can be disconcerting. I am not saying Fey isn't attractive, she is, but I kept expecting some snark to fall out of her mouth. Ungewitter is obviously younger than his character Einar, with unconvincing gray makeup slopped on his temples. Again, Frida is so annoying, you will wish someone would smack her between the eyes with her spatula. "Inga" was followed by "The Seduction of Inga," an unintentionally hilarious sequel made in color- this film has more than enough closure at the end, but apparently you cannot get enough of a good thing.
This was groundbreaking stuff back in the day, but it would barely garner an "R" rating today. For one thing, the film is black and white, which makes it look and play older than it is. Sarno obviously decided to make Inga the main character during filming, she does not really become part of the central plot until almost half way through. His direction is okay, his script has shadowings of "Dangerous Liaisons," and is sometimes quite clever. Aunt Greta looks a lot like Tina Fey, which can be disconcerting. I am not saying Fey isn't attractive, she is, but I kept expecting some snark to fall out of her mouth. Ungewitter is obviously younger than his character Einar, with unconvincing gray makeup slopped on his temples. Again, Frida is so annoying, you will wish someone would smack her between the eyes with her spatula. "Inga" was followed by "The Seduction of Inga," an unintentionally hilarious sequel made in color- this film has more than enough closure at the end, but apparently you cannot get enough of a good thing.