''The East Frisian Report'' (german: Der Ostfriesen-Report: O mei, haben die Ostfriesen Riesen) is a 1973 German

sex comedy Sex comedy, erotic comedy or more broadly sexual comedy is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sex comedy" is primarily a description of dramatic forms such as theatre and film, literary works such ...

and

road film A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienatio ...

directed by Walter Boos.

Theme

Despite its title, ''Der Ostfriesen-Report'' is not a

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 German ...

but a Bavarian sex comedy film bringing in elements from

East Frisian jokes In German humour, East Frisian jokes (german: Ostfriesenwitz) belong to the group of riddle jokes about certain nationalities, in this case the East Frisians of northern Germany. The basic structure of these jokes takes the form of a simple que ...

. Shot mainly in and around

Neßmersiel Neßmersiel belongs to the municipality Dornum in the rural district Aurich in Lower Saxony, Germany. Neßmersiel is located about 5 kilometres northwest of Dornum. From 1867 to 1977, Neßmersiel belonged to Norden (Altkreis Norden). The original ...

, the film brings two popular German regional stereotypes (

Bavarians Bavarians ( Bavarian: ''Boarn'', Standard German: ''Baiern'') are an ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region, a state within Germany. The group's dialect or speech is known as the Bavarian language, native to Altbayern ("Old Bava ...

vs.

East Frisians East Frisians (german: Ostfriesen, stq, Aastefräisen) are, in the wider sense, the inhabitants of East Frisia in the northwest of the German state of Lower Saxony. In the narrower sense the East Frisians are the eastern branch of the Frisians, a ...

) together.Der Ostfriesen-Report: Ein Film von Walter Boos
/ref> The film was sometimes known as ''Swedish Playgirls'', despite the fact it is set in Germany rather than Sweden. It was followed by a loose sequel ''

Revenge of the East Frisians ''Revenge of the East Frisians'' (german: Die Rache der Ostfriesen) is a 1974 West German sex comedy film directed by Walter Boos.Miersch p.240 It is a loose sequel to the 1973 film ''The East Frisian Report''. Cast * Alexandra Bogojevic as Elk ...

'' in 1974.

Plot

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 ...

night club owned by East Frisian Ossi Jansen is in decline. He commissions two hardheaded Bavarians, night club director Alois Mooser and his raunchy wife Lisa to travel to

East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...

and recruit fresh girls.

Cast

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* 1970s sex comedy films German sex comedy films West German films German comedy road movies 1970s comedy road movies Films set in Munich Films set in West Germany Films directed by Walter Boos 1970s German-language films Constantin Film films 1970s German films {{Erotic-comedy-film-stub