''Three Swedes in Upper Bavaria'' (German: ''Drei Schwedinnen in Oberbayern'') is a 1977 West German

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directed by

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and starring

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Alexander Grill Alexander Grill (1938–2009) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''When You're With Me'' (1970) * ''When the Mad Aunts Arrive'' (1970) * ''Aunt Trude from Buxtehude'' (1971) * ''The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye'' (1971) * '' Cry of ...

and

Beate Hasenau Beate Hasenau (1936–2003) was a German film and television actress.World filmography, 1967 p.145 She also worked frequently as a voice actress. Selected filmography * ''Jack and Jenny'' (1963) * '' Hot Pavements of Cologne'' (1967) * '' The G ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.269 It was shot in

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and on location in the

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Synopsis

The owner of a struggling

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

n hotel decides to import three attractive Swedish girls to help out, and they manage to save the business.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1977 films 1970s sex comedy films German sex comedy films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Sigi Rothemund Films scored by Gerhard Heinz Films set in the Alps Films set in Bavaria 1977 comedy films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub