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Bavarian porn (German:Lederhosenfilm, "Lederhosen movie") is acampy subgenre ofcomicerotic cinema from Germany.
The apogee of the genre was the late 1960s and early 1970s, corresponding roughly to the chancellorship ofWilly Brandt, but these films continued to be produced up to about 1980. Today they live on as staples of late night European cable and satellite channels. Among the directors working in this genre wereFranz Antel (Liebe durch die Hintertür, 1969;Das Love-Hotel in Tirol, 1978),Franz Marischka[1] (Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 1973;Zwei Däninnen in Lederhosen, 1979;Three Lederhosen in St. Tropez, 1980),Franz-Josef Gottlieb (No Sin on the Alpine Pastures, 1974), Alois Brummer (Beim Jodeln juckt die Lederhose, 1974), and Hubert Frank (Jagdrevier der scharfen Gemsen, 1975). Alois Brummer was the producer of many of these films. Being the owner of two cinemas, he became interested in films and filmmaking and thought he could make a director and producer himself. After some "Report" movies (so-called documentaries about "German housewives" or "schools for girls", as a reaction to serious documentaries about sexual items in Germany's late 60s) he became involved in the series as mentioned above. These were mainly situated in the Alps. Director Franz Marischka got the idea by a newspaper article in 1972 about wealthy female tourists in Bavaria who tried to seduce local young men or the landlord of the inn where they were staying (and paid them for it). Marischka was inspired and set himself to make films about the subject. Therefore, the Alps were chosen as background.
Bavarian porn films were usually set inBavaria (Bayern) or the adjoining an Austrian federal state ofTyrol (Tirol). At that time most German film studios were located inMunich. This was somewhat ironic, considering the fact that Bavaria has been one of the more culturally and socially conservative areas of Germany, and has been run by theChristian Social Union almost continuously since 1947. Not a few of those movies are ofAustrian origin, since many of them take place in Tyrol.
At the time, Bavarian porn seemed outrageous and shocking to the older generation, who had been instilled with thefamily values of theNational Socialist regime, not to mention traditional German sexual morality. To thebaby-boomers who came of age afterWorld War II, the films embodied the freedom and liberation brought about through theSexual Revolution.
Today, these films are revered more for their camp value than any ability to cause sexual arousal. Their legacy is most evident in the poppy acid-jazz soundtracks used in these films, which became popular amonghipsters during the late 1990s, along with the resurgence ofspace age pop.Gert Wilden composed and performed many Bavarian porn soundtracks with his orchestra.
Some Bavarian porn films were dubbed into English by German actors and actresses speaking English. The poor translations,"Godzilla-style" dub quality, and German accents elevate the camp factor of these films to a level beyond that of the German originals. Bavarian porn was released in the United States under titles such asNaughty Co-Eds,2069: A Sex Odyssey, andThe Sinful Bed.
