''Schulmädchen-Report: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten'' (Schoolgirl Report Part 1: What Parents Don't Think Is Possible) (
UK release title: ''Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl'') is a 1970
West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
sex report film Sex report films (German: ''Report-Filme'') were pseudo-documentaries that had sexual life as their subject matter. Effectively sexploitation films, the genre was particularly popular in the early 1970s Europe.
Background
Mostly a German (or Germa ...
directed by
Ernst Hofbauer
Ernst Hofbauer (22 August 1925 – 24 February 1984) was an Austrian film director.
Biography
Hofbauer was born on 22 August 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He began his career as an assistant director in 1950 with ''Der keusche Adam''. His first film a ...
and produced by
Wolf C. Hartwig
Wolf C. Hartwig (8 September 1919, Düsseldorf, Germany – 18 December 2017, Paris, France) sometimes credited as Wolfgang C. Hartwig and Wolfgang Hartwig, was a Germans, German film producer working in exploitation film, exploitation genres.
C ...
.
Background
The film is a
pseudo-documentary
A pseudo-documentary or fake documentary is a film or video production that takes the form or style of a documentary film but does not portray real events. Rather, scripted and fictional elements are used to tell the story. The pseudo-documentary, ...
loosely based on the non-fictional book ''Schulmädchen-Report'' by
sexologist
Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism.
Sexologists a ...
Günther Hunold. Published by Kindler Verlag (
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
) the same year, the book presented interviews with twelve teenage girls on their sexual lives.
Reception
The film was a commercial success in 1970, topping the German cinema charts for weeks, becoming the first in a series that would last thirteen titles until 1980.
Musical score
The music by
Gert Wilden
Gert Wilden (born Gert Wychodil; 15 April 1917 – 10 September 2015) was a German film composer. He was born in Mährisch Trübau. From 1956 through his retirement, he scored music for 50 feature films in numerous genres. However, he is perhaps ...
combined
beat lounge and
acid rock
Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture. Named after lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), the style is generally defined by heavy, di ...
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1970 films
1970s erotic films
German erotic films
West German films
1970s German-language films
Sexploitation films
Incest in film
German anthology films
Films directed by Ernst Hofbauer
Incest pornography
1970s German films
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